Today’s Headlines

10:21 AM EDT on October 2, 2009

LaHood Sez Txtng Whil Drvng Mtng Is "Most Important Meeting in the History of U.S. DOT" (NYT)
S.I.'s Top Cop Vows to Tame Traffic Mayhem Around Schools (Advance)
A New Low for New York City Cabbies (NYT Letters)
150 More Subway Stations Move Into the 21st Century... by the End of 2010 (NYT)
In Downtown Brooklyn, a Plan to Get Cop Cars Off the Sidewalk (Brooklyn Paper)
Auto Sales Plummet as Cash-for-Clunkers Program Ends (NYT)
Bloomberg Unveils "Connected Cities" Initiative (News)
NY1 Nixes Bobby Cuza's "In Transit." Should We Hire Bobby? (2nd Ave Sagas)
[Cue Twilight Zone Music] The "Future of Public Transport" Includes Zeppelins (Gothamist)
MTA Awards Final $700M Contract for the East Side Access Project (2nd Ave Sagas)

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AARON NAPARSTEK is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparsteks 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. Naparstek is the author of "Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage" (Villard, 2003), a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the endless motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Prior to launching Streetsblog, Naparstek worked as an interactive media producer, pioneering some of the Web's first music web sites, online communities, live webcasts and social networking services. Naparstek is currently in Cambridge with his wife and two young sons where he is enjoying a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Naparstek is a co-founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. You can find more of his work here: http://www.naparstek.com.

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