Running the Christmas Tree Gauntlet

Photo: Lars Klove, Sixth Avenue and 13th Street, Manhattan.

By Aaron Naparstek

1:46 PM EST on December 14, 2007

Dear DOT Commissioner Santa-Khan,
All I want for Christmas next year is a new set of rules encouraging tree vendors to set up shop on the street in curbside parking space rather than jamming up New York City’s crowded, holiday-season sidewalks.
Sincerely,
Aaron

Photo: Lars Klove, Sixth Avenue and 13th Street, Manhattan.

Aaron Naparstek

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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