Today’s Headlines
Scientists Unnerved by Speed of This Summer’s Arctic Melt (NASA, NYT) U.S. Parking Policy is a Boondoggle and an Environmental Disaster (Salon) Developer Plans Light Rail “People Mover” on Manhattan’s West Side (Post) Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza Gets Ped and Bike Improvements (Post) Flashback: Community Groups Push to Reclaim Grand Army Plaza (StreetFilms) Mike and … Continued
9:06 AM EDT on October 2, 2007
- Scientists Unnerved by Speed of This Summer’s Arctic Melt (NASA, NYT)
- U.S. Parking Policy is a Boondoggle and an Environmental Disaster (Salon)
- Developer Plans Light Rail “People Mover” on Manhattan’s West Side (Post)
- Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza Gets Ped and Bike Improvements (Post)
- Flashback: Community Groups Push to Reclaim Grand Army Plaza (StreetFilms)
- Mike and Ken Ride a Double-Decker Hybrid Bus in London (Gothamist)
- Failure to Save Traffic Data Vexes Los Angeles City Planners (LAT)
- Quandary: Seattle Light Rail Plan Includes $7B for Highways (Planetizen, Grist)
- Taxi Drivers Gear Up for Second GPS Strike (NY1)
- Thomson Killer Was Driving Drunk (Post)
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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