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8:57 AM EST on December 6, 2013

    • De Blasio's Early Picks Encourage Tri-State; Bratton Singles Out Traffic Safety (WNYC)
    • MNR: Safety Tech Differs for Trains Going North vs. South (WNYC); Sen. Feinstein Presses for PTC (WSJ)
    • City Settles Lawsuit, Agrees to Make Half of All Taxis Wheelchair-Accessible (NYT)
    • Driver Flips School Bus on Atlantic Avenue, Injuring Four (News, Bklyn Paper)
    • David Greenfield Wants Suggestions on Where to Put $600,000 Worth of Pedestrian Clocks (Bklyn Eagle)
    • Keegan Stephan Has Some Suggestions for de Blasio to Pursue Vision Zero Goals (Villager)
    • Jimmy Vacca Wants NYPD to Start Pulling Electric Bicycles Off the Streets Immediately (Post)
    • South Bronx Unite and NRDC Contesting FreshDirect Enviro Review in Appellate Court (Crain's)
    • Fernando Cabrera, Citing Parking and Traffic, Suddenly Cool to Kingsbridge Armory Development (NYT)
    • Bklyn Paper Finds B44 SBS Already Speeding Up Travel Times
    • London Bike Safety: Jan Gehl Looks to NYC As Model (Guardian); DOT's Jon Orcutt Travels to the BBC

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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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