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8:35 AM EDT on July 24, 2007

    • Legislature Will Return Thursday to Consider "Traffic Mitigation" (City Room)
    • Lawmakers Expected to Approve Creation of Congestion Pricing Panel (NY1)
    • Congestion Pricing Plan Now a Test for Council Speaker Quinn (Sun) 
    • Hamptons Mulls Congestion Pricing Too (Sun)
    • After Rejecting Bikes Lanes, CB8 Looks Forward to Sidewalk Cycling Ban (Sun)
    • 45,000 Rides/Day and Counting for First Week of Parisian Bike Sharing (LAT)
    • Three Naked Cyclists Arrested in Belgrade (News)
    • Privatization of Parking Feeds Minneapolis City Coffers (Planetizen)
    • Straphangers: 1 Train is Number One Among Commuters (NYT)
    • Mom of Hit-and-Run 9-yo Girl Begs Driver to Confess (News)
    • If 20th Cent. Was About Buildings, 21st Cent Will Be About Spaces Between (Star)
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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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