Today’s Headlines
Time to Create a New Vision for US Transportation Policy (Detroit Free Press) Food Prices Soar as Farmers Grow Crops to Feed Our Vehicles (NPR) Will Americans Ever Embrace Congestion Pricing? (WaPo via Planetizen) Andy Darrell: Other Solutions to the City’s Traffic Crisis (Goth Gazz) Après Congestion Pricing, Traffic Types Fixate on Paris (NY Mag) … Continued
8:45 AM EDT on April 15, 2008
- Time to Create a New Vision for US Transportation Policy (Detroit Free Press)
- Food Prices Soar as Farmers Grow Crops to Feed Our Vehicles (NPR)
- Will Americans Ever Embrace Congestion Pricing? (WaPo via Planetizen)
- Andy Darrell: Other Solutions to the City’s Traffic Crisis (Goth Gazz)
- Après Congestion Pricing, Traffic Types Fixate on Paris (NY Mag)
- “Reform-Minded” Broadway Democrats Defend the Status Quo (Daily Politics)
- MTA Will Harness Solar and East River Tidal Power (NYT, News)
- Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone (Sun)
- DOT Installs Misspelled “Merser St.” Sign (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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