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MTA Funding and Bike-Ped Relations on Brian Lehrer

Starting at 10 a.m. on WNYC 93.9 FM, the Brian Lehrer Show, they're talking about MTA funding and cyclist-pedestrian relations.

By Aaron Naparstek

9:20 AM EDT on March 12, 2009

Starting at 10 a.m. on WNYC 93.9 FM, the Brian Lehrer Show, they’re talking about MTA funding and cyclist-pedestrian relations.

I’m listening now to a caller from Mamaroneck complain about the idea of putting toll booths on the East River bridges. Lord help us.

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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