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10:13 AM EST on December 11, 2007

    • Traffic Commission Looks at Taxi Stands, License Plate Rationing... (NYT, Sun)
    • Mayor and Governor OK Fare Hikes (News)
    • MTA Could Have Prevented Fare Hike With Increased Variable Tolls (MTR)
    • Stand Clear of the Angry Editorials & Man-on-the-Street Interviewees (News)
    • Quinn Says MTA Should "Heed" Brodsky's "Offer" of State Funding (Daily Politics)
    • Gore Accepts Nobel Prize. Bush Admin is #1 Climate "Stumbling Block" (NYT)
    • Midwest Duck Hunters Are Noticing the Changing Weather Too (NYT)
    • Wind Energy Could Power All of Britain's Homes by 2020 (TreeHugger)
    • Shoup There He Is: Parking Advice for New York via Los Angeles (City Room)
    • The City's First Automatic Self-Cleaning Potty is Set to Open (Sun)
    • Bronx and Brooklyn Nabes Rack Up the City's Most Noise Complaints (News)
    • Grand Concourse Street Work Will be Done 316 Days Ahead of Schedule (News)
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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