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8:27 AM EDT on July 31, 2007

    • Wheel Simple: NYC Can be One of the World's Great Bicycling Cities (News)
    • Rough Ride: Kids Fear Bicycling on Brooklyn Streets (News)
    • The Importance of Eco-Cities in an Urbanizing World (Planetizen)
    • Nanjing, China Poised to Adopt Congestion Pricing (China Daily)
    • New East River Park: Hours Too Short, Too Many Rules (News)
    • City Tap Water so Clean, Feds Will Not Require Filtration (Sun)
    • Winter Road Salt Seeping Into North Jersey Tap Water (NJ.com)
    • Carter Craft, Waterfront Expert, Takes Your Questions (CityRoom)
    • Chicagoans Protest as Indiana Lets a Refinery Add to Lake Pollution (NYT)
    • Energy Bill Aids Expansion of New Atomic Power Plants (NYT)
    • Heidi Cullen: The Weather Channel's Climate Scientist (NYT) 
    • Truck Smashes Hole in Apartment Building (NJ.com)
    • A Tour of Bedford Ave., Brooklyn's Longest Street (Forgotten NY)
Aaron Naparstek
@naparstek.bsky.social

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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