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10:22 AM EST on January 3, 2008

    • Milan Introduces a $15 Congestion Charge (BBC)
    • If You Want to Tackle Climate Change, Tackle the Cities (CNN) 
    • World's Cheapest Car, $2,500, Set to Launch in India (Planetizen)
    • Oil Has its $100 Moment (Economist)
    • What Does $100 Oil Mean? (Oil Drum)
    • Kunstler's 2008 Forecast: "A Society Rigged for Implosion"
    • Bloomberg: I'm Not a Candidate but the Candidates Have Failed (Daily Politics)
    • A New Day for Community-Based Planning? (Wonkster) 
    • A Tribute to George Warrington (MTR) 
Aaron Naparstek
@naparstek.bsky.social

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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