Today’s Headlines
Region Faces Biggest Round of Fare and Toll Increases in Decades (NYT) Lew Fidler Proposes Zillion $$$ Congestion Pricing Alternative Tonight (Politicker) Congress: Funding Amtrak is a Bargain (NYT) Residential Parking Permits Would Help Cyclists (Brooklyn Paper) Increasing Demand is Likely to Keep Oil Prices High (NYT) Climate Change and the Politics of Fear (CityRoom) … Continued
8:50 AM EDT on November 1, 2007
- Region Faces Biggest Round of Fare and Toll Increases in Decades (NYT)
- Lew Fidler Proposes Zillion $$$ Congestion Pricing Alternative Tonight (Politicker)
- Congress: Funding Amtrak is a Bargain (NYT)
- Residential Parking Permits Would Help Cyclists (Brooklyn Paper)
- Increasing Demand is Likely to Keep Oil Prices High (NYT)
- Climate Change and the Politics of Fear (CityRoom)
- NYPD Apprehends Second Sidewalk Chalk Artist (Brooklyn Paper)
- Personal Happiness and the Public Sphere (NYT Letters)
- Chinese City Imposes Bike Lane Requirements for All New Roads (Planetizen)
- MTA Official Running for Congress Supports Fare Hike (News)
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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