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8:55 AM EST on January 6, 2014

    • Unidentified Woman Killed by Driver in Hit-and-Run on Highland Boulevard in Jamaica (News)
    • Trucks and How Leading Pedestrian Intervals Can Stop the "Left Turn of Death" (Cap'n Transit)
    • The Media's Perspective Needs to Change Before There's Real Progress on Traffic Fatalities (PPS)
    • Environmental Review: Necessary, But in Need of Major Reform (NYT via 2nd Avenue Sagas)
    • EDC and Local Merchants Partner on Cleaning Up 125th Street Near Metro-North Station (News)
    • ConEd Paid More Than $2.7 Million Over Six Months for Workers to Stand in Parking Spots (DNA)
    • Taxi Passengers Tend to Be Young, Wealthy Men in Manhattan (CapNY)
    • East River Ferry (Post), Second Avenue Subway (Crain's via 2nd Avenue Sagas) Boost Real Estate
    • Incoming SI Council Member Steven Matteo Cites High Tolls and Poor Transit as Priorities (C&S)
    • In Westchester, Winter-Weather Bike Commuters Call Themselves "Crazy" Lone Rangers (LoHud)
    • Citi Bike in the Snow: 3,000 Rides (Animal); Some Bikes Removed From Street (Bowery Boogie)

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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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