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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.

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Mike McGinn is the executive director of America Walks. Want to take action? Join America Walks in <a href="https://p2a.co/rEzvO4z" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">telling NHTSA to take immediate steps</a> to protect people outside of cars. You can also show your support through the action alerts of <a href="https://nacto.org/2022/05/24/why-the-u-s-gives-monster-suvs-five-star-safety-ratings-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/?utm_source=NACTO+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=cd194d4636-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_22_04_58_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_8f3492144e-cd194d4636-1204423919&amp;mc_cid=cd194d4636&amp;mc_eid=2dd94324bd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NACTO</a>, <a href="https://saludamerica.salsalabs.org/nhtsa/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Salud America</a>, the <a href="https://p2a.co/HjHhUN9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">League of American Bicyclists</a>, and <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vzBhfUn1S44cJhYYtiDk1dBc5SlQMDmxbGxpUG8MhlA/edit" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Families for Safe Streets</a>.

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