Today’s Headlines

7:58 AM EDT on September 6, 2007

US Open Turns Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Into a Parking Lot (News)
Half-Hearted Taxi Strike Produces Long Waits, Frustration (NYT, Sun)
New Taxi Technology Should Serve Passengers and Cabbies (NYT)
Queens Taxi Owner Was a Car Thief (News)
In Albany, Bogus Investigations Overshadow Governing (NYT)
Bruno Annnounces $22M in Rail Initiatives for Albany Region (Daily Politics)
L.A. Planners Want to Waive Developers' Parking Requirements (LA Weekly)
Berkeley Sidewalk Vendors Say BRT Leaves Them in the Dust (Oakland Trib)
Federal Funding Stacks the Deck Against Transit (TransitMiami)

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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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