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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

Bicycling

NYC’s Greenest Building Cracks Down on Bikes (Updated)

7/7/07: The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook

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

Sarah Goodyear

Air Quality

Mayor Speaks at Times Square Pricing Rally

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

Carbon Tax

The Suburbanist Paradox

Climate Change

Times Says: We Must Pay More for Fossil Fuels

Good Stuff in This Week’s Mobilizing the Region

How US Energy Emissions Compare (It’s Not Pretty)

Just What India Needs: The $3,000 Car

Addicted To Oil: Ranking States’ Vulnerability

Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund&#8217;s annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master&#8217;s degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York&#8217;s pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.

Aaron Donovan

Book Review: Twenty-Three Years to Save the Planet