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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Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Queasy Rider (NYT) Gas Drives Politics (Sun) Park(ing): Car Space as a Park (NPR) Schwarzenegger Isn’t Selling Those Hummers (SF Gate) Taking Oil Out Of The Equation, Michael Klare (Tom Paine) Off-Duty Cop Flips Car, Kills Woman (NYT)

Aaron Naparstek

September 25, 2006

Bicycling

DOT Reply on Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue Bike Lane

Earlier this week we asked why the Department of Transportation had not followed-through on its promise to fix up the Fifth Avenue bike lane in Brooklyn by end of summer. Ryan Russo, the agency's new Director for Street Management and Safety got back to us with this response:

Aaron Naparstek

September 22, 2006

Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Mike talks environment on visit with Governator (News) Two Self-Styled Outsiders Point Fingers at Those Inside (NYT) Mayor Teams Up With Another Famous Maverick (Sun) Brooklyn Groups to Propose Changes to Yards Project (NYT) Woman Hit by Truck in Williamsburg (Gothamist) Judge Rules Police Chief Kelly Does Not Have to Testify for RNC Detentions (Sun)

Aaron Naparstek

September 22, 2006

Bob Yaro

Bloomberg Sustainability Announcement

As we reported this morning, Mayor Bloomberg is in California with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to make a major policy announcement on a major, long-term, environmental sustainability initiative. The key components of the Mayor's plan include:

Aaron Naparstek

September 21, 2006

Car Culture

Parking it in Midtown

Today is International Park(ing) Day. Also known as a "parking squat," Park(ing) is a quasi-legal reclamation of urban street space in which a metered, curbside parking spaces are transformed into urban parkland complete with sod, benches, trees and human beings. Here is how Park(ing) Day is being celebrated this morning in Midtown Manhattan on 8th Avenue near 30th Street:

Aaron Naparstek

September 21, 2006

Dan Doctoroff