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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Ben Fried

Air Quality

Bloomberg Touches on Safe Streets, Pricing in State of the City

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

Sarah Goodyear

Green Subways: An Answer Blowing in the Wind?

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek&#8217;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. He was also one of the original cast members of the &#8220;War on Cars&#8221; podcast. You can find more of his work <a href="http://www.naparstek.com/">on his website</a>.

Aaron Naparstek

Al Gore

Bloomberg Declares Support for a National Carbon Tax

Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.

Jason Varone

Warning: Driving Could Be Hazardous to Your Health

Cars

Robin Chase: “The Web 2.0 of Transportation Technologies”

The World’s Greenest, Most Livable Cities

Making the Case for Compact Development

The Black Car Project: Filling the Autovoid

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

Climate Change