Today’s Headlines
Fingers Point as Traffic Plan Runs Aground (NYT) Congestion Pricing Still Alive, Barely (News) Resigned Mayor Turns His Eye to New Issues (Sun) Mayor Blames Albany Inaction for Traffic Plan Gridlock (NY1) 30+ Years of Trying, Still the Politics of Pricing is Impossible (Streetsblog) Sewell Chan has Yesterday’s Blow-by-Blow (City Room) Senate Minority Leader Malcolm … Continued
7:05 AM EDT on July 18, 2007
- Fingers Point as Traffic Plan Runs Aground (NYT)
- Congestion Pricing Still Alive, Barely (News)
- Resigned Mayor Turns His Eye to New Issues (Sun)
- Mayor Blames Albany Inaction for Traffic Plan Gridlock (NY1)
- 30+ Years of Trying, Still the Politics of Pricing is Impossible (Streetsblog)
- Sewell Chan has Yesterday’s Blow-by-Blow (City Room)
- Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith Defends Intransigence (Daily Politics)
- Supposed Defender of Mom & Pop Business Gloats Over Plan’s Demise (Lipsky)
- Brodsky Trashing Congestion Pricing on Brian Lehrer… Again (WNYC)
- Revolving Door: Consultants Work for Developer and the ESDC (AY Report)
- Study Recommends Overhaul for Empire State Development Corp (Sun)
- Road Raging Driver Murders Young Cyclist (Philly.com)
- Six Years Later: Dick Cheney’s Energy Taskforce Revealed (Wash Post)
Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.
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