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8:59 AM EDT on May 8, 2013

    • Most Mayoral Candidates Ignorant of Public Process That Produced the PPW Bike Lane (CapNY)
    • CPC Goes For 15-Year MSG Permit as Bloomberg Climbs Aboard (2nd Avenue Sagas, Crain's 1, 2)
    • Bloomberg Needles MTA on 2nd Avenue Subway, Corrupt Albany Pols About Congestion Pricing (News)
    • Driver Seriously Injures Two Children Riding On Bicycle in Williamsburg (WNBC)
    • Times Square Retail Rents Jump 55 Percent Over Last Year (Real Deal)
    • Atlantic Cities Allays Fears of New Yorkers Freaking Out About Bike-Share
    • Slow Zone Application Moves Forward for Midwood (Ditmas Park Corner)
    • Bklyn Paper Blows the Lid Off E-ZPass Traffic Monitoring Story... From 2009 (NY1)
    • What Would Be the Perfect NYC Transit App? (2nd Avenue Sagas)
    • A Look Inside the Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades and Its Driver Ed Program (Brownstoner)
    • Turn Left on Red? It's Legal On This NYC Street (CapNY)
    • Damned PPW Bike Lane (Bklyn Paper)

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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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