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8:57 AM EDT on April 18, 2013

    • NYCHA Residents Protest Parking Fee Increase, Get Installment Plan (News)
    • Driver Hits, Critically Injures Man, 43, Crossing Street in East Village (NYT)
    • Want to Vandalize the Street to Reserve a Parking Spot? The Fine Just Went Up (NYT)
    • DOT Construction Zones Get Cameras to Monitor Dangerous Drivers (Advance)
    • Ghost Bike Memorial Ride to Honor Joseph Nelson, Unsolved Hit-And-Run Victim (DNA)
    • New Yorkers, Brian Lehrer Would Like You To Know: "The Bike Share Is Coming" (WNYC)
    • Brooklyn CB 7 Votes to Support Speed Humps in Windsor Terrance (Bklyn Paper)
    • It's Spring! Here Are Six Recreational Bike Ride Suggestions From Gothamist
    • For First Time, LIRR's Cannonball Hamptons Summer Service Will Depart From Penn (Post, Gothamist)
    • Court Rules Dog Owner Not Liable For Central Park Bike Crash (Post)
    • Markowitz Endorses Quinn (News)

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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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