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8:58 AM EST on January 17, 2014

    • 6-Year-Old Hit by School Bus Driver in Parkchester Gets Attention of City Hall Press Corps (WABC, NY1)
    • Brian Lehrer, Errol Louis, NY1 Viewers Discuss Implications of Vision Zero (WNYC, NY1 1, 2)
    • Vision Zero Coverage Everywhere: The Nation, Atlantic Cities, Ditmas Park Corner, Bklyn Paper
    • City's 20 Speed Cameras Issued 12,000 Warnings in Four Months (NY Mag)
    • Marty Golden: 20 MPH Speed Limit Bill "Would Be a Disaster" (Daily Politics)
    • More Coverage of UWS Vigil for Traffic Violence Victims: Gothamist, WCBS, DNA, NY1, West Side Rag
    • City Subsidies for Yankees Soccer Stadium Were Not Popular at Community Forum (News, Bronx Times)
    • DOT Withdraws Plan to Replace City Island Bridge After CB 10 Raises Objections (News, NY1)
    • Advocates Push for Conversion of Abandoned Parkway in Queens to Multi-Use Path (Brownstoner)
    • Luxury Tower Proposes Curb Cut, Circular Driveway on 58th Street (Curbed)
    • In a Jam? Chris Christie Hires PPW Foe Randy Mastro (NYT)
    • On Long Island, Think Tank Hosts Competition to Rethink the Parking Lot (WCBS)

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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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