Today’s Headlines
U-Turn: Albany and Mayor on the Brink of a Congestion Pricing Deal (News, Sun) At Long Last, a (Watered Down) Pricing Deal? (Daily Politics) DOT Applies Its Signature Green Paint to DUMBO Plaza (Brownstoner) Community-Based Traffic Calming & Mural for Deadly 3rd Ave. (Gowanus Lounge) Old Martha’s Vineyard Ferry Will Serve Governor’s Island (Sun) Big … Continued
7:22 AM EDT on July 19, 2007
- U-Turn: Albany and Mayor on the Brink of a Congestion Pricing Deal (News, Sun)
- At Long Last, a (Watered Down) Pricing Deal? (Daily Politics)
- DOT Applies Its Signature Green Paint to DUMBO Plaza (Brownstoner)
- Community-Based Traffic Calming & Mural for Deadly 3rd Ave. (Gowanus Lounge)
- Old Martha’s Vineyard Ferry Will Serve Governor’s Island (Sun)
- Big Rise Seen in Demand for Energy (NYT)
- Chrysler Scraps Plans for New Imperial Luxury Sedan (NYT)
- Auto Execs Always Complain Regulation Will Lead to Doom (New Yorker)
- High Fines for Speeding Anger Virginians (NYT)
- Exxon-Mobil Slowing Cleaning 1950s Brooklyn Oil Spill (NYT)
- Guy Hits Every Starbucks in Manhattan, 171 of Them (News)
- Did You Know You Could Request a City Bike Rack Online? (Gowanus Lounge)
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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