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Happy New Year and welcome back. Here is a whole pile of stories you may have missed if you were out of town or, like us, taking a break for the holidays. Lots of these items are worthy of their own blog post, so enjoy and get ready for a big year:

By Aaron Naparstek

11:25 AM EST on January 2, 2008

Parking:

Taxpayer Funded Yankee Stadium Parking, a “Startling Revelation” to the (News)
…And Don’t Expect the Builder to Repay $237M in City-Backed Bonds (News)
But What’s Going to Really Tee Off the Press? Parking is Pricey (NY1, News)
Amanda Burden, Wake Up!: Stop Requiring Developers to Build Parking (NYT)
City Schedules a Second Round of Neighborhood Parking Workshops (DOT)
City Considers $15/Hour Curbside Parking Rate (Post)
Bayonne Meter Maid Arrested for Ticketing Undercover Cops (NYPD Rant)
2008 NYPD Parking Placard Crackdown May be Underway (NYPD Rant)

Congestion Pricing:

Weprin Spins IBO: Pricing “Discriminates Against People From Queens” (News)
…And This is Why We Could Care Less (Flickr)
This Too: The American Middle Class is “Causing Global Warming” (Planetizen)
And This: Heroes Chase Down Hit-and-Run Killer Driver in Brooklyn (Newsday)
Sheldon Silver Seems to be “More Open” To Congestion Pricing (News)
Bad Ideas: Make Pricing More Complex and Use the Money for Roads (Sun)
Good Idea: It’s Time for East River Tolls (Observer)
Driving Over East River Bridges? Arguments for Tolls Are Growing (Bklyn Eagle)
…Unless You Are Marty Markowitz (Bklyn Paper)
British Motorists Are Burning Traffic Enforcement Cams (Wired)
State Senate Pitches New Pricing Bill Ahead of 12/31 Federal Deadline (AMNY)

Alternative Modes:

Congressman’s “Obsession With Bicycling Borders on the Interesting” (WSJ)
NY Water Taxi Shuts Down for the Winter (Cap’n Transit)
Walkability = Livability = Billions (Neal Peirce)

If He Had Died in a Car Crash, No Problem:

Man Dies on NJ Transit, 3 Lose Their Job and Feds Levy a $27K Fine (NYT)

International:

Oil War Isn’t Leaving Enough Money for NY State Road Building (Planetizen)
Hello Kitty! Bangkok Solves Its Police Parking Placard Abuse Problem (BBC)
Beijing Air Pollution: “This is as Bad as it Can Get” (AFP)
Jared Diamond: What’s Your Consumption Factor? (NYT)

Clever Product Placement?:

Car Crashes Into Chicago Channel 7 Studio During Evening Newscast (Reppublica)

Miscellaneous:

Amanda Burden, Wake Up!: Look at Bklyn’s Future “Park Ave” (Gowanus Lounge)
Subway Riders Give the G Line a D+ (MTA)
Jim Leyritz, Ex-Yankee, Kills a Woman With His SUV (Smoking Gun)

Obit:

George Warrington, 55, Forward-Thinking Leader of Amtrak and NJ Transit (NYT)

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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