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8:58 AM EDT on May 23, 2013

    • Zupan: Bike-Share Will Be Great (RPA); Op-Doc: "I'm So Terribly Excited" for Bike-Share (NYT)
    • Post Finds Anti-Bike-Share Ally: Firefighters' Union Chief Says It's Hard to Drive Around NYC
    • Daily News and DNA Examine Bike-Share and Hasidic W'Burg; WSJ Was on It a Year Ago
    • NYPD Traffic Cop Fears Bike-Share Crashes; Wrongly Says "You Have to Stay in the Bike Lane" (DNA)
    • City Planning Gives MSG 15 More Years, With Loophole (CapNY, News, 2nd Avenue Sagas)
    • Commission Also Green Lights USTA Expansion, Including Two New Parking Garages (DNA, News)
    • Slate's Sensible Rules for Bikes and Peds: Despite "Warfare" Language, Little Talk of Dangerous Drivers
    • Dromm, DOT Hail East Elmhurst Slow Zone as Applications Are Due for Next Round (Queens Gazette)
    • NYPD Kicks Off Traffic Enforcement Campaign -- Sober Drivers Need Not Worry (Queens Gazette)
    • DOT Proposes Bike Lanes for Upper Manhattan, But Less Than What CB 12 Asked For (DNA)
    • Work Begins on New Public Plaza in Financial District (DNA)
    • Meet The New Weiner, Same as the Old Weiner (2nd Avenue Sagas)

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Stephen Miller
In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation. From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration's ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City's ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

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