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By Stephen Miller

8:56 AM EST on March 5, 2014

City Council’s Albany Wish List: Commuter Tax, Speed Limits, Cameras, Truck Safety (WSJ, Observer)
Black Boxes Can Help Crash Investigations, But Schumer Wants to Give Drivers an “Off” Switch (Forum)
MNR’s New President Releases 100-Day Safety Plan, Including New Investigation Unit (WCBS, Post)
Tri-State: MTA’s New Chief Safety Officer Must Focus on More Than Just Rails
78th Precinct Continues to Outpace Its Neighbors in Dangerous Driving Enforcement (Bklyn Paper)
WCBS Covers UWS Signs Questioning the Wisdom of NYPD’s Pedestrian Warnings
Rubén Diaz in City Limits on His Bill to Require Truck Wheel Guards, Named for Amar Diarrassouba
Woman Injured Boarding Bus in Brownsville After Second MTA Bus Driver Rear-Ends It (Post)
NYPD Still Hunting for ATV Driver Who Dragged One of Their Own After Traffic Stop (NYT, Post, News)
Whitestone Community Board and Neighbors Oppose Sidewalk Cafe Because of …Parking? (News)
According to This Kickstarter Campaign, What Citi Bike Needs Is an Electric Boost (Gothamist)

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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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