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8:58 AM EDT on April 11, 2014

    • Kelly Gordon, 22, Killed by Two Taxi Drivers While Crossing York Ave at 84th Street (News, DNA)
    • City Council Confirms Meera Joshi as New TLC Chair (WNYC)
    • Brooklyn CB 1 Committee Says No to Bike Corrals Because There Are Too Many Cars (Bklyn Paper)
    • Meanwhile, Red Hook Residents Push for More Bike Corrals (DNA)
    • Bronx Residents, Jimmy Vacca Annoyed That City Plants Street Trees on Their Blocks (Bronx Times)
    • Harlem Residents Oppose Plan to Build Housing, Commercial Space Next to Subway (DNA)
    • Environmental Advocates Push de Blasio, Including on Transportation Reform (CapNY)
    • News Covers TA Volunteers Advocating for Safer Queens Boulevard
    • WNYC Needlessly Freaks Out That Pulaski Skyway Closure Will Lead to Carmageddon (Cap'n Transit)
    • Cuomo Announces Statewide “Operation Hang Up” to Ticket Drivers for Illegal Cell Phone Use (WCBS)
    • Dirt Bike Rider Arrested for Reckless Driving After Speeding, Mounting Sidewalk (Advance)

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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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