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8:59 AM EDT on October 8, 2012

    • Margaret King, 81, Killed in Staten Island; Motorist Ticketed for Failure to Yield (Advance)
    • Judge: NYPD "Needlessly Delayed" Giving Lefevre Crash Documents to Family (Times, Gothamist)
    • Times Editorial on Traffic Fatality Spike: We Need Speed Cams, Street Redesigns, Enforcement
    • AAA: NYC Stop Lights With Red Light Cameras Have Shorter Yellows; Vacca "Troubled" (Post)
    • NYPD on Bikes: We're Targeting Delivery Riders and Issuing Fewer Red Light Tickets (TransNat)
    • City Wanted Money for Cruiser Damage From Mother of Man Run Over, Killed by NYPD in Chase (News)
    • Toll Cheats Have Cost Thruway $35 Million Since 2007 (Democrat & Chronicle)
    • Video: Driver Backs Onto W'burg Sidewalk, Seriously Injuring Grandmother and Two Kids (News, NY1)
    • After Hit-and-Run Death of Terence Connor, Neighbors Want Fixes to Metropolitan Ave (Bklyn Paper)
    • Columnist: "Bereavement" for Car in the Shop for a Day; "I Had a Terrible Feeling of Loss" (Advance)
    • If Guy Molinari Can't Have a Mega-Project, No One Can: "Nobody Is Talking About Traffic" (Post)

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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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