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Climate Change

How Soon Will Cutting Transportation Emissions Save Money?

Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action

Barbara Boxer

Five Down, Five to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors

White House Staying Quiet for Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill

Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September

House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: It’s Better Than You Thought!

<p>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.</p>


Aaron Naparstek

Al Gore

House Debating Climate and Energy Legislation Right Now

2009 Transportation Bill

House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay for Greener Transportation

New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smarth Growth to Climate Bill

<p>Michael Rhodes is a former reporter for Streetsblog San Francisco. He lives in the Mission Dolores neighborhood and is a graduate of UC Berkeley&#8217;s Department of City and Regional Planning.</p>


Michael Rhodes

Chuck Reed

Call for Regional Coordination of Land Use and Transportation