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By Stephen Miller

8:59 AM EDT on June 21, 2013

Prendergast Confirmed as MTA Chairman and CEO (TransNat, News)
Citi Bike Sets New Record, Approaches 50,000 Members and 1 Million Miles (Citi Bike, News)
East Village Crash Victim Sedated for Operation; DWI Suspect Arrested in Hospital (News)
After Court Decision, TLC Votes Again to Support Modified Taxi of Tomorrow (News)
Bloomberg Doesn’t Answer Question About Expanding Transit to New Development (Advance)
MTA, EDC Reject Bay Ridge Ferry Idea During R Train Outage (News)
Bloomberg’s Anti-Flooding Levee Would Bottle Up Coney Island Ferry Idea (Bklyn Paper)
Police Searching for Wrong-Way S.I. Suspect Who Rammed Police Car (Advance)
New Bike Lanes Striped on 222nd Street, From Bronx River to Co-Op City (Bronx River Alliance)
The Times Asks: Does Amsterdam Have Too Many Bikes?
No One Does Bike-Share Like NYC (NY Mag)

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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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