Today’s Headlines
Tropical NYC: Storm Knocks Down Trees, Knocks Out Transit (Gothamist) Transit System Crippled by Flooding (CityRoom) US DOT Delays Decision on Congestion Pricing Grants — Not Today (CityRoom) Comptroller’s Report: Avoid MTA Fare Hike With More Subsidies (CityRoom) MTA Could Avoid Fare Hike if State Stopped Short-Changing It (News) 44 Years After Original Sin, NY’ers … Continued
9:48 AM EDT on August 8, 2007
- Tropical NYC: Storm Knocks Down Trees, Knocks Out Transit (Gothamist)
- Transit System Crippled by Flooding (CityRoom)
- US DOT Delays Decision on Congestion Pricing Grants — Not Today (CityRoom)
- Comptroller’s Report: Avoid MTA Fare Hike With More Subsidies (CityRoom)
- MTA Could Avoid Fare Hike if State Stopped Short-Changing It (News)
- 44 Years After Original Sin, NY’ers Rally Once Again for Penn Station (MAS)
- Four Traffic Agents Busted for Writing Phony Parking Tickets (News, Sun)
- Feeding the Cars: Ethanol Pumps Up the Price of Farmland (NYT)
- Encouraging Better Environmental Choices: What Works? (Grist)
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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