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8:57 AM EDT on April 9, 2013

    • Push a 2-Year-Old? Reckless Endangerment (News); Drive Over and Kill a 2-Year-Old? No Charges.
    • Man Arrested for Hit-and-Run of Acquaintance Says It Was Accident; Victim Claims Assault (Advance 1, 2)
    • Flatbush Avenue Triangles Set for Permanent Reconstruction, Including Bioswales (Brownstoner)
    • Pay-by-Phone Parking Program Launches in Bronx (Post)
    • Gothamist: NYPD Doesn't Really Enforce the Speeding Laws
    • UES Resident Won't Believe Anything Good About Bike Lanes (DNA)
    • Second Avenue Sagas Dives Into Newly-Released 2012 Station-by-Station Subway Ridership Data
    • Citing Lack of Bike-Ped Path, Writer Asking for VNB Discount Says "Driving Is Necessary" (AMNY)
    • Car Fire Shuts Down Port Authority Bus Service (News)
    • Connecticut Ready to Spend $500 Million to Add One Lane Each Direction to 3 Miles of I-84 (MTR)
    • Bike Lanes on Track for Jewel Avenue and 69th Road in Queens (Q Chron)

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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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