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9:02 AM EST on February 4, 2013

    • Bujar Hasimja, 72, Killed Crossing S.I. Street; Wife Injured; "No Criminality" (Gothamist, Post, Advance)
    • Woman, 23, in Critical Condition After Being Hit by MTA Bus Driver in Bushwick (Gothamist)
    • Fix Needed for Grand Central Passageway Crunch (WSJ); MTA May Close Crowded Entrances (Post)
    • Woman Gets $270 Ticket for "Idaho Stop" in East Village (Gothamist)
    • Rockland County Exec Wants Cuomo to Boost TZB Buses with Ramp to Tarrytown Metro-North (LoHud)
    • Barclays Center Events Cause LIRR Ridership Boost to Atlantic Terminal (NY1)
    • NJ Turnpike Borrows $1.4 Billion for Widening (TSTC); Cap'n Transit Notes Impact on NEC
    • For One Family, School Bus Strike Means 8 Buses, 4 Trains, and Barely Holding a Job (GothamSchools)
    • NY State DOT Installs Pedestrian Safety Improvements on L.I.'s Hempstead Turnpike (TSTC)
    • For the Post, Hogging Parking Spaces Is One of Life's Great Crimes
    • Four Vintage Videos About Train Travel to Grand Central Terminal (Gothamist)

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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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