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9:00 AM EST on November 19, 2007

    • Hundreds of Straphangers Attend MTA Workshop Saturday (NY1) 
    • Feds Approve $1.3 Billion for 2nd Ave. Subway (NYT)
    • Definitive IPCC Report Says Action on Climate Change is Essential (Grist)
    • City Institutes First of Nine Holiday Gridlock Alert Days (NY1) 
    • Developers Present Proposals for Manhattan's West Side Railyards (NYT, Sun)
    • Who Needs Pricing? Krueger Launches Truck Emissions Crackdown (Liz Krueger)
    • Son of Brooklyn Brewery Founder Killed Cycling on Manhattan Bridge (Gothamist)
    • Coney Island Boardwalk Swallows Another Victim (Post)
Aaron Naparstek
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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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