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8:57 AM EDT on April 15, 2014

    • Witnesses: Cop Who Injured UWS Pedestrian Didn't Have Sirens On, Despite NYPD Claim (Gothamist)
    • WNYC, Atlantic Cities Cover New Bixi Owner; Alta Developing Its Own "Line of Equipment and Software"
    • Tri-State's Wish List for de Blasio (MTR)
    • 78th Precinct Launches Crackdown on Dollar Vans (Bklyn Paper)
    • TLC Launches Request for Information on New Taxi Safety Technology (Post)
    • As Cy Vance Begins Port WTC Probe, One of Authority's Commissioners Resigns (WSJ)
    • MTA Plans New Bus Routes: West Side Local, Staten Island Rush Hour Express (News)
    • Driver Arrested for DUI, Vehicular Manslaughter After Fatal Belt Parkway Crash (News, NY1, WCBS)
    • What Carmageddon? NJ Survives First Rush Hour Without NY-Bound Pulaski (WNYC, Post, News)
    • Hunts Point Kindergartners Win Ped Safety Poster Contest, Will Have Poster on Street (Bronx Times)
    • Attn NYPD: Plainclothes Houston Police Officers Ride Bikes to Ticket Dangerous Drivers (FastCo)

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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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