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9:01 AM EST on November 8, 2012

    • Cuomo Fires State Emergency Management Chief for Directing Crews to Clear His Driveway (NYT)
    • JSK Called for HOV-3; Lhota: Bus Bridge Worked Much Better on Friday Than Thursday (Observer)
    • Subway, LIRR, NJ Transit and Amtrak Tunnels Continue to Slowly Dry Out (TransNat, WSJ)
    • MTA Holds First Fare Hike Hearing; Attendance Low After Sandy (NY1, News, Post)
    • 11 Firefighters Injured After Blowing Through Stop Signs, Crashing Into Canarsie Home (Post)
    • Democrats Poised to Take Control of State Senate, If They Shore Up Their Coalition (NYT)
    • This May Be Vito Lopez's Last Assembly Term, But Some Speculate of Council Run (Post)
    • They're Baaa-aack: PPW Bike Lane Lawsuit, Dismissed Last Year, Now in Appeals Court (Bklyn Spoke)
    • London Bike-Share Annual Fee to Double, Surpassing NYC's Planned CitiBike Cost (BBC)
    • Using Bikes to Get Relief Supplies to the Battered Rockaways (Atlantic Cities)
    • Bike Rental Company Gives Away Wheels to Sandy Victims (Crain's)

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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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