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By Stephen Miller

8:58 AM EDT on April 22, 2014

Port’s Oversight Committee Hears Testimony Urging Big Structural Reforms (NYT, CapNY, News, NY1)
TWU Deal Includes $6 Million Transfer From MTA to Union Fund (WSJ)
Bklyn Paper Maps Moving Violations by Precinct, But TA Notes “It’s About Quality, Not Quantity”
Post Covers NYPD Refusal to Release Crash Victims’ Seized Bicycles From Sandy-Damaged Building
Two Seriously Injured After Sanitation Truck Rear-Ends Delivery Truck on 9th Avenue (DNA)
Ruben Diaz, Jr. Presses DOT for a More Low-Slung City Island Bridge Design (CapNY)
Bronx CB 11 Wants DOT to Replace Worn Street Signs (BxTimes)
Gelinas: Citi Bike Offers Some Needed Competition to MTA for Short Trips (City Journal)
Brooklyn Streetcar: Boon to Condo Builders, Not Transit Deserts (2nd Ave Sagas, Next City)
New Yorker Cover Artist and Manhattan Driver Bruce McCall Really Annoyed by Things in His Way

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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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