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8:58 AM EDT on May 6, 2014

    • De Blasio Unveils Housing Plan, Calling for Transit-Oriented Density (NYT, CapNY)
    • Ocean Pkwy Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures 68-Year-Old Man (Post, News, News 12)
    • School Zone Speed Cams Have Issued 25,000 Tickets Since Mid-January, And Other Facts (Crain's)
    • Bed Stuy CB Delays Vote on Slow Zone as Support for Traffic Calming Grows (DNA)
    • City Changes Course on City Island Bridge (WCBS); Crain's: This Isn't Bloomberg's DOT
    • Parks to Spend $8 Million on Pelham Parkway Fixes, Including Bike-Walk Paths, Bus Stops (Bx Times)
    • NY1 Shows Some Love for Boogie on the Boulevard Revival of Car-Free Sundays on Grand Concourse
    • Gelinas: London's Tube Strike Offers Lessons for the MTA as LIRR Strike Looms (Post)
    • Parking Lots Become Development Sites in Downtown Brooklyn (Crain's)
    • Greenpointers Leaves Vision Zero Workshop Feeling Hopeful; Final Town Hall Held on SI (Advance)
    • Some Advice and Suggestions for How to Get Along Peacefully on NYC Streets (NYT)

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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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