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Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on June 14, 2013

    • BK CB 6 Ignores Committee and Public Workshops, Votes No on 4th Ave Safety (Bklyn Paper, News)
    • Michael Pratt, 25, Killed While Skateboarding After Collision With MTA Bus in Brownsville (News)
    • DNA Relates the Pain and Confusion for Marvin Ramirez's Family After Fatal Crash at Park and 108th
    • DOT Proposes Bike Lane Upgrade for Vernon Boulevard in LIC, Astoria (Queens Courier)
    • Pedestrians Flee as Upstanding Citizen Uses Car-Free Path as Motorcycle Speedway (Advance)
    • Alleged Bank Robber Drives Onto 31st Street Sidewalk Before Fleeing on Foot (Post, MTR)
    • Jackson Heights PARK Smart Reforms Go Into Effect (Queens Gazette)
    • City Begins Distributing Outer-Borough Taxi Licenses (Post)
    • How Long Will the Rest of NYC Wait for Bike-Share in Their Neighborhoods? (TNR)
    • Times Explains: More Cyclists Mean Safer Bicycling
    • Wall Street Journal Really Wants You to Know That There Is a Bike Lobby

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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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