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8:57 AM EDT on August 9, 2013

    • More Coverage of Citi Bike's Planned Expansion to Astoria from DNA
    • MTA Testing New Computer-Guided Subway Cars on 7 Line, Expanding Rollout from L Train (DNA)
    • Fourth Avenue Traffic Calming Coming to Park Slope August 19 (Brownstoner)
    • Dilapidated Pedestrian Bridge Over Surf Avenue in Coney Island Taken Down (Bklyn Daily)
    • Citing East Side Waste Transfer Station Support, NYLCV Endorses Menin for Manhattan BP (Crain's)
    • Aqueduct Subway Station Goes Full-Time to Serve Casino Customers (News)
    • Bronx Man Suing NYPD After Getting Rammed on Dirt Bike, Causing Brain Damage (News)
    • News Reports of Pedestrian Fatalities Haven't Changed Much Since 1987 (The Weekly Nabe)
    • Is Jersey City's New Mayor Steve Fulop Stalling on City's Modest Bike Lane Plan? (BIKAS)
    • Somebody Ought to Give That Man a Ticket (Gothamist)

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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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