Today’s Headlines

9:32 AM EDT on August 6, 2007

$3.5m for Beach Bike and Handicap Path Stuck in Parks Dept Red Tape (News)
Sen. Schumer Says NYC Bridges Neglected Despite His Wife's Assurances (Sun)
MTA Studying One-Seat Rail Ride to Upstate Stewart Airport (Sun)
Mayor Bloomberg's SUV/Subway Commute Makes the National News (NPR)
Pave the Railways! Tri-State Region's Road Network Must be Expanded (NYT)
Better Pavement Could Help Cool Cities (Planetizen)
Energize America: A 20-Point Plan to Wean America From Fossil Fuels
Filling Your Belly is More Energy Intensive Than Filling a Gas Tank (Times)
Label Food to Show How Far It Has Traveled to Your Plate (NYT)
Bush Pushes Climate Meeting But Shuns Solutions (Grist)
Jay Leno Shows Off His Clean, Quiet, 98-Year-Old Electric Car (NYT)
Comparing the Planning and Politics of the Pulaski Skyway to Atlantic Yards (AYR)
Luxury, Brooklyn-Style: Scaffolding Collapses Outside 4th Ave Condos (Curbed)

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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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