StreetsBlog Authors: Aaron Naparstek

Recent posts by Aaron Naparstek:

• May 5, 2008

  Feds Launch New Pedestrian Safety Program

  The federal government is launching a new pedestrian safety initiative that is apparently modeled on New York City DOT programs from the late '80s and early '90s. The Onion reports: WASHINGTON-In an attempt to address rising pedestrian deaths, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched a new educational outreach program Monday to encourage people to "Get [...]
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• May 5, 2008

  Sign a Petition to Clinton and McCain at GasTaxScam.com

  Man, those Nigerian spammers are getting better every day. Here is a curious piece of e-mail that landed in the Streetsblog inbox today. If you click the link at the bottom of the e-mail and visit this web site GasTaxScam.com, you'll find an open letter to Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain that you can [...]
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• April 29, 2008

  Chicago Gets NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money

  The New York State Assembly is doing a great job... for the people of Chicago. Remember the $354.5 million federal grant that New York City was going to get to implement congestion pricing before the deal collapsed in Albany? US DOT Secretary Mary Peters announced today that Chicago will receive $153 million of New York City's [...]
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• April 17, 2008

  Looking for a New State Legislator? Try Craigslist.

  Upset about the way your State Assembly rep voted on congestion pricing? Here's a novel approach to finding a new one: Craiglist. While Manhattan's Richard Gottfried was one of the few state legislators who supported congestion pricing, at least one Chelsea resident appears to be in the market for a new Assemblyman. And why not? [...]
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• April 15, 2008

  Après Congestion Pricing, It’s Time to Look at the Paris Model

  Amsterdam Ave. and 76th St. with street space reallocated to walkers, bikes and buses. When Transportation Alternatives, Project for Public Spaces and the Open Planning Project started the New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign nearly three years ago, the plan was to build a movement that would work block-by-block and neighborhood-by-neighborhood to reclaim the city's [...]
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• April 15, 2008

  Today’s Headlines

  Time to Create a New Vision for US Transportation Policy (Detroit Free Press)Food Prices Soar as Farmers Grow Crops to Feed Our Vehicles (NPR) Will Americans Ever Embrace Congestion Pricing? (WaPo via Planetizen) Andy Darrell: Other Solutions to the City's Traffic Crisis (Goth Gazz)Après Congestion Pricing, Traffic Types Fixate on Paris (NY Mag)"Reform-Minded" Broadway Democrats Defend [...]
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• April 7, 2008

  Keep Hope Alive?

  Over at the Daily Politics, Liz Benjamin reports that state leaders are negotiating behind closed doors and congestion pricing is still on the table. City Room is also reporting that Governor Paterson called an emergency meeting and the plan was still under discussion as of 5:45 pm. Streetsblog readers will recall that congestion pricing looked [...]
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• April 7, 2008

  With Congestion Pricing Dead, a $17 Billion Transit Deficit Looms

  We're putting in some calls and getting some initial reactions to the State Assembly's failure to bring New York City's congestion pricing plan to a vote today. Michael O'Loughlin at the Campaign for New York's Future said: Congestion pricing is dead. Long live congestion pricing. The Assembly still has to come up with a plan to deal with [...]
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• April 4, 2008

  If Congestion Pricing Fails, Rest Assured, There’s Always Plan B

  Copenhagen-based Flickr photographer Zakkalicious tells us that this cartoon was originally published in the May 1933 issue of Toy World magazine and also appeared in David Herhily's 2004 book, "Bicycle."
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• April 3, 2008

  Ad Nauseam: State Farm on the Humiliation of Biking to Work

  Drop what you're doing, click the "play" button and enjoy 30 seconds of outstanding car culture courtesy of State Farm. The Scene: An African American actor with a shaved head, conservative gray suit and slightly stiff demeanor asks, "Where can you find me? At the intersection of gas prices can not get any higher and guess [...]
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