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8:10 AM EDT on October 29, 2007

    • Is Labor Losing Its Love For Congestion Pricing? (Daily Politics)
    • 80 State Legislators Onboard to Block MTA Fare Hike (News)
    • Silent on Pricing, Schumer Goes Postal Over 117 Truck Trips (Post)
    • Red Hook Subway Station Will Be Closed for 9 Months (News)
    • The Time for Residential Parking Permits is Now (NYT Letters)
    • Road Rage Victim is Buried. NYPD Shooter Still Free (Post)
    • Climate Change Makes Weather Channel Interesting (Thomas Friedman)
    • "Humanity's Very Survival" is at Risk, Says UN (London Times)
    • Inhofe Delivers 2-Hour Climate Change Denial Rant (Senate.gov)
    • Tackling Climate Change With Land Use (SF Chron)
    • Survey Reveals Americans Prefer Transit Development (Planetizen)
    • Auto Industry: Go Green Someday. For Now, Go Fast (NYT Autos)
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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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