Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Aaron Naparstek

Ciclovía: A Moving Experience in Bogotá, Colombia

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Dec 3, 2007 | 37 Comments

Recently, I had the opportunity to travel with comrades Karla Quintero of Transportation Alternatives and Streetsblog editor Aaron Naparstek to Bogotá, Colombia to document some of the amazing advances going on in the livable streets movement there. We spent an entire Sunday, from 5am ’til nearly 5pm, riding bicycles around during Ciclovía, […]

Congestion Pricing Q&A With Rohit Aggarwala, Part 4

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 20, 2007 | 12 Comments

DOT’s Dani Simons and City Hall’s Director of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, Rohit Aggarwala, at a joint hearing of Manhattan Community Boards 4, 5 and 6 on July 9; one of many public hearings where Bloomberg Administration officials have met with communities to discuss congestion pricing. Tonight, Brooklyn Community Board 6 hosts a similar public […]

Congestion Pricing Q&A With Rohit Aggarwala, Part 3

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 19, 2007 | 14 Comments

Rohit Aggarwala, New York City’s Director of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, sat down to answer some of the more frequently asked questions about Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal for a three-year congestion pricing pilot program. Below is the third part of our four part interview. Here is Part 1 and Part 2. Aaron Naparstek: Mayor Bloomberg’s plan […]

Congestion Pricing Q&A With Rohit Aggarwala, Part 2

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 18, 2007 | 6 Comments

Rohit Aggarwala models the latest in Long-Term Planning & Sustainability chic: Gray flannel, subway token cuff links, Columbia U. class ring and a global warming mug: Pour a hot drink and coast lines disappear. This is the second segment of a four-part interview with New York City’s Director of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, Rohit Aggarwala. […]

Congestion Pricing Q&A With Rohit Aggarwala, Part 1

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 17, 2007 | 27 Comments

Too many unanswered questions. Among New York State Assembly Democrats, that has been one of the most frequent criticisms of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal for a three-year congestion pricing pilot project in New York City. Last month, Lower Manhattan Assembly member Deborah Glick said that she and her colleagues were “confronted with a dearth of information […]

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

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 7, 2007 | 8 Comments

The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook is the official companion volume to today’s Live Earth concerts, 24 hours of nonstop concerts broadcast from around the world on 7/7/07. It’s a fun little book, meant to connect with a younger audience via tongue-in-cheek suggestions, practical advice, factual information, and imaginative, bluesky solutions for climate change. […]

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