Today’s Headlines
Pricing Foe Richard Lipsky Apparently Thinks Parking Should be Free Too (Post) Seattle Mayor Wants City Employees to Ride the Bus to Work (Planetizen) Monthly MetroCard to Rise From $76 to $81. More Hikes Coming (NYT, News) Charter Bus Kills 72-Year-Old Cyclist in Midtown (News) Complete Streets Movement Gaining Momentum Nationwide (NUN) Oil-Rich Nations Using … Continued
9:05 AM EST on December 10, 2007
- Pricing Foe Richard Lipsky Apparently Thinks Parking Should be Free Too (Post)
- Seattle Mayor Wants City Employees to Ride the Bus to Work (Planetizen)
- Monthly MetroCard to Rise From $76 to $81. More Hikes Coming (NYT, News)
- Charter Bus Kills 72-Year-Old Cyclist in Midtown (News)
- Complete Streets Movement Gaining Momentum Nationwide (NUN)
- Oil-Rich Nations Using More Energy, Cutting Exports… to Us (NYT)
- Do Anti-Nuke Politics of the ’70s Hold Up in the Global Warming Era? (NYT)
- Pedicab Drivers Accuse City of Ticket Blitz (Post)
- New York State’s Part-Time Legislators Want a Raise (NYT)
- Subway Pole Dancers Enrage MTA (News)
- Protests Against New Taxi Tech is All About Taxes (Sun)
- Access-a-Ride Drivers Go on Strike (NYT, Sun, 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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