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8:56 AM EDT on October 31, 2013

    • Transpo Unmentioned in Final Mayoral Debate; de Blasio Leads Lhota, 65-26, in Q Poll (NYT, CapNY)
    • After Rejecting Petrosino Lawsuit, Judge Rules for City in Village Bike-Share Station Case (Post)
    • Two Brownstone Brooklyn Precincts Issued Zero Speeding Tickets Last Month (News)
    • Driver Topples School Bus in Area Rejected for Slow Zone; Residents Complain of Speeding (Advance)
    • Council Approves SI Wheel and Mall After Last-Minute Deal, Including Transpo Agreements (Advance)
    • Flushing Commons, Where EDC Required Massive Parking Garage, Delayed Again (Crain's)
    • Parked Car Catches Fire, Which Spreads to Home, Killing Four in Mount Vernon (NYT, News)
    • People Trip or Ride Over Wheel Stops at Bike-Share Stations and WCBS and DNA Are On It
    • Minneapolis Bike-Share Claims Supplier Bixi in Breach of Contract (Montreal Gazette, Atlantic Cities)
    • Straphangers Campaign Finds Rats, Graffiti, Missing Tiles in Rating of Subway Platforms (WCBS, News)
    • Residents Complain About Street Change After Other Complaints Led City to Fix the Status Quo (DNA)

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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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