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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

Brad Aaron

Bicycling

Do Pedicabs Belong in Bike Lanes?

Air Quality

For the Best in Transportainment, Try a Pedicab

Pedicab Law Put on Hold

Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.

Jason Varone

Manhattan

Pedicabs Protest New Regulations

Car Culture

Council Overrides Pedicab Veto

Sarah Goodyear

Will City Council Override Mayor’s Pedicab-Bill Veto?

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. Naparstek is the author of &#8220;Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage&#8221; (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&#8217;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&#8217;s Graduate School of Design. He has a master&#8217;s degree from Columbia University&#8217;s Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor&#8217;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.

Pedicabs

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Do Pedicabs Belong in Bike Lanes?

For the Best in Transportainment, Try a Pedicab

Pedicab Law Put on Hold

Pedicabs Protest New Regulations

Council Overrides Pedicab Veto

Will City Council Override Mayor’s Pedicab-Bill Veto?

Pedi Politics

Pedicab Limits: Let the Free Market Decide

Quinn’s Pedicab Problem: Personal or Political?

City Council Set To Vote on Pedicabs Today