Today’s Headlines
Congestion-Pricing Campaign Focuses on Asthma (Daily News) City Prepares to Regulate Pedicabs (City Room/NYT) Nuclear Expansion Is a Pipe Dream, Says Report (Guardian) Truck Parking Lot in Brooklyn Driven Out (Daily News) New Bus Shelters Vandalized (Gowanus Lounge) Personal Traffic Alerts, with Custom Data (NYT) China Urged Omitting Pollution-Death Figures (NYT) Chrysler Signs China Manufacturing … Continued
7:30 AM EDT on July 5, 2007
- Congestion-Pricing Campaign Focuses on Asthma (Daily News)
- City Prepares to Regulate Pedicabs (City Room/NYT)
- Nuclear Expansion Is a Pipe Dream, Says Report (Guardian)
- Truck Parking Lot in Brooklyn Driven Out (Daily News)
- New Bus Shelters Vandalized (Gowanus Lounge)
- Personal Traffic Alerts, with Custom Data (NYT)
- China Urged Omitting Pollution-Death Figures (NYT)
- Chrysler Signs China Manufacturing Deal (NYT)
- Ford, Chrysler Join Group Calling for Cuts in Greenhouse Gases (Autopia/Wired)
- Companies Hiring Green Managers (NYT)
- Prius Brand Still Dominates Hybrid Market (NYT)
- Swedes Start to Question Heavy, Polluting Cars (NYT)
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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