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8:59 AM EDT on August 20, 2013

    • Three Out of Four NYT Debaters Have Ideas That Make Sense for NYC Transportation
    • Seven Injured After Taxi Driver and Police Collide at Spring and Broadway (Post)
    • Man in Critical Condition After Tractor-Trailer Driver Hits Him on West Shore Expressway (Advance)
    • TPL Unveils QueensWay Planning Team: WXY and dlandstudio (News)
    • NJ Transit Disregarded Its Own Storm Plan During Sandy Prep (WNYC 1, 2, 2nd Ave Sagas)
    • New Yorker: Bloomberg Commissioned Poll to Get Ray Kelly to Run for Mayor (Post, News, CapNY)
    • Renderings Show Vanderbilt Avenue Plaza in East Midtown Rezoning Plan (Untapped Cities)
    • High School Students Create "Green Wall" in Downtown Brooklyn Plaza (DNA)
    • Downtown Brooklyn Street Vendor Claims He's Getting Pushed Out By Street Furniture (WCBS)
    • Hell's Kitchen Co-Op Wants Street Seating Removed After Street People Take Up Residence (DNA)
    • How Hamburg, NY, Bucked a State DOT Plan to Widen Main Street -- and Flourished (NYT)

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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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