About

Aaron Naparstek has worked as a freelance journalist, community activist and interactive media producer, designing and developing web products for large corporations, small start-ups, and venture capitalists.

In 2005, he joined TOPP to found Streetsblog. Since that time, Streetsblog has played a pivotal role in New York’s transportation policy. Aaron led the expansion of Livable Streets into a national campaign, including the development of a series of Streetsblogs in other cities.

Aaron is a Marshall Memorial Fellow and the author of Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage. A founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group, Aaron also works with the Park Slope Civic Council and the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. He holds degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and the Columbia University School of Journalism.