Today’s Headlines
More national heddies at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
9:36 AM EDT on August 7, 2009
- Shocker: Staten Island Not Bitching and Moaning About Car-Free Summer Street (SI Live)
- It’s All About Parking: Bx Merchants Blame Select Bus Service and Traffic Agents For Woes.
- NYC Taxi Medallions Now Cost $766,000! (USA Today)
- B’berg Campaign Ad Blitz Focuses on Transit. Congestion Pricing? Nope. (Mike NYC)
- Senate Adds $2 Billion More For Clunkers. DOT Declares Success. Zilch For Transit. (NYT)
- Bronx Pols Want Ferry Service to Manhattan (Post)
- That’s Right: “No Parking” Also Means “No Breast Feeding” (City Room)
- NYC’s Subways Were Almost Built as Moving Walkways!? (New Scientist)
- Local Media Obsesses Over Deadly Taconic Crash (News, Post, NYT)
- Crusty Clyde Haberman Proposes Charging Extra for Subway Cargo (NYT)
- Should Madison’s Train Station Be Downtown or on the Edge? (Planetizen)
More national heddies at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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