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8:57 AM EST on December 18, 2013

    • Justin Davidson: Keep Making Streets Better for Humans, Mayor de Blasio (NY Mag)
    • Rockefeller Foundation and Pratt Center Make the Case for Real BRT in NYC (News)
    • NYPD Gives Drivers 7,500 Tickets During First-Time Holiday Safety Blitz Last Week (Post, News)
    • State DOT Not Sure If It's Trying to Slow Down Speeding Drivers on Ocean Parkway (Home Reporter)
    • Yasmelin Iglesias, 16, Still Unconscious After Driver Hit Her a Month Ago (Change.org)
    • Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken Issue RFP for Bike-Share System (NJ.com, BIKAS)
    • AMNY: De Blasio Will Have to Fight for Speed Cams, Safer Street Designs
    • De Blasio Backs Mark-Viverito as County Chairs Push Garodnick for Speaker (C&S, WSJ, News, DNA)
    • Bloomberg Changed Midtown Biz Owner's Life With Citi Bike (Post)
    • Cap'n Transit Looks at How We Allow People to Abuse the Sidewalk
    • Danny Dromm and Jackson Heights Groups Light Christmas Tree in Diversity Plaza (Courier)
    • Peter Vallone Jr. Cuts Ribbon on New Parking Lot in Astoria (Brownstoner)
    • Isn't It Safer to Drive in This Bad Weather? (News, WNBC)

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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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