Today’s Headlines

9:23 AM EDT on November 2, 2007

Brooklynites Are Sick of Almost Getting Killed on Cortelyou Rd. (Ditmas Blog)
You Read the Plan, Now Watch Fidler Explain the Thinking Behind It (Politicker)
Brodsky Calls Fidler's Tax & Tunnel Transpo Plan "Workable, Bold" (Sun)
The Villain of Traffic: The Driver-Only Car (NYT)
Bloomberg Will Speak on Climate at Mayor's Conference (Sun)
A Penn Station Worthy of New York (NYT Editorial)
Is Owen Wilson's Helmetless Biking the Sign of a "Death Wish?" (Gawker)
Time for Some Jane Jacobs Revisionism? (City Room, AYR)
MTA Infuriates City Hall on TWU Dues Payments (NYT)
Pt. Authority Takes Over Stewart Airport (Post)
Seattle Hits Kyoto Targets Despite Rising Car Use (Planetizen)
Taxi Medallion Goes for $384,999 in Auction (NYT)

AARON NAPARSTEK is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparsteks 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. Naparstek is the author of "Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage" (Villard, 2003), a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the endless motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Prior to launching Streetsblog, Naparstek worked as an interactive media producer, pioneering some of the Web's first music web sites, online communities, live webcasts and social networking services. Naparstek is currently in Cambridge with his wife and two young sons where he is enjoying a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Naparstek is a co-founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. You can find more of his work here: http://www.naparstek.com.

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