Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Gas Taxes Down, Bush Admin Wants to Borrow From Transit to Pay for Highways (NYT) 2008 Will Likely be the First Annual Reduction in VMT Since 1980 (Bloomberg) Riders Flock to Boston’s T in Record Numbers (Globe) Cyclist-Tackling Cop Stripped of His Gun and Badge… For Now (News, Post, NYT) San Francisco City Hall Puts … Continued

By Aaron Naparstek

9:07 AM EDT on July 29, 2008

Gas Taxes Down, Bush Admin Wants to Borrow From Transit to Pay for Highways (NYT)
2008 Will Likely be the First Annual Reduction in VMT Since 1980 (Bloomberg)
Riders Flock to Boston’s T in Record Numbers (Globe)
Cyclist-Tackling Cop Stripped of His Gun and Badge… For Now (News, Post, NYT)
San Francisco City Hall Puts Forward Plan to Make Market Street Car-Free (Chron)
Phillies Shortstop Jimmie Rollins Stuck in Traffic, Shows Up Late for Game at Shea
Bloomberg and Paterson Warn of Massive Budget Deficits, “Pension Bomb” (NYT)
… And Don’t Forget About That $490B Federal Deficit (News)
On Summer Vacation, Density Opponents Go to Dense, Walkable Beach Communities (Next City)

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.

Today's Headlines

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