Today’s Headlines
Congestion Pricing Still Alive (NYT) Irrational Fear of Cyclists on the Upper East Side (NYT) Congestion Pricing Represents Shift in Thinking on Environmental Policy (Grist) Manhattan Needs More Than a Toll to Unclog Traffic (NJ.com) Manchester, UK, Moves Towards Congestion Pricing (Guardian, BBC) Everyone Needs to Vent: For Ambulance Worker, It’s Diesel (Sun) Gansevoort Plaza … Continued
7:26 AM EDT on July 30, 2007
- Congestion Pricing Still Alive
(NYT) - Irrational Fear of Cyclists on the Upper East Side
(NYT) - Congestion Pricing Represents Shift in Thinking on Environmental Policy (Grist)
- Manhattan Needs More Than a Toll to Unclog Traffic (NJ.com)
- Manchester, UK, Moves Towards Congestion Pricing (Guardian, BBC)
- Everyone Needs to Vent: For Ambulance Worker, It’s Diesel (Sun)
- Gansevoort Plaza Could Someday be Like a Dutch “Woonerf” (NYT)
- Fare Hike: MTA Must Make Itself Clear (News Editorial)
- Brodsky: MTA Should Ask for More Money from the State (News)
- Ft. Lee Complains About Pricing and Pleads for GW Bridge Gridlock Aid (NJ.com)
- Is Ancient People’s End a Warning for the Future?
(NPR) - The Importance of Eco-Cities in an Urbanizing World (Planetizen)
- DOT to Sell 500 lbs of Foreign Coins Found Stuck in Meters (News)
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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