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By Stephen Miller

8:59 AM EDT on October 5, 2012

Big-Name Architects Chosen for MLS Stadium; Plans for 4,100 Parking Spots, Plus 300 for VIPs (CapNY)
NYPD Lieutenant Suspended After Being Charged with Williamsburg Hit-and-Run (Post)
TZB: “The Questions Kept Coming, With Many…Dissatisfied With the Answers” (Hudson Independent)
93 Year-Old and Son Fight for Classic Car’s Indoor Co-op Parking Spot (News)
School Bus Driver Plows Into Syosset Home, Injuring 5 Children; Charged with DWI (Post, WSJ)
Bloomberg’s Pitch for Free Transit: A Good Idea, But Not Happening Anytime Soon (CapNY)
Straphangers Campaign: Subway Announcements Are Getting Better (TransNat, Post, News)
Want to Grab a Seat Outside the Met? Too Bad, Thanks to NIMBYs (DNA)
Charming: S.I. Driver Charged with DWI Spits Blood at Cop (Advance)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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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