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State Tries to Make LI More Bike-Friendly (Newsday) PlaNYC Gives Climate Change Short Shrift (Voice) Related: Bloomberg’s Sustainability Plan ‘Presidential Posturing’ (Voice) Feds to Patrol LIRR and Metro-North (Daily News) MTA Signs Second Ave. Subway Contract (NY Sun) LIRR Plans for More Rush-Hour Trains (1010 WINS) London’s Twice as Good as NYC on Green Electricity … Continued

By Sarah Goodyear

7:35 AM EDT on March 21, 2007

State Tries to Make LI More Bike-Friendly (Newsday)
PlaNYC Gives Climate Change Short Shrift (Voice)
Related: Bloomberg’s Sustainability Plan ‘Presidential Posturing’ (Voice)
Feds to Patrol LIRR and Metro-North (Daily News)
MTA Signs Second Ave. Subway Contract (NY Sun)
LIRR Plans for More Rush-Hour Trains (1010 WINS)
London’s Twice as Good as NYC on Green Electricity (Daily Intel)
Horses Move, New Chelsea Park on Track (NY Post)
Bush Tours Auto Plants to Plug Energy Policy (NYT)

Sarah Goodyear

Sarah Goodyear is a journalist and author who has covered cities and transportation for publications such as Grist, CityLab, and Streetsblog.

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