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8:56 AM EDT on May 19, 2014

    • MTA Could Spend $20 Million on New Service, Cleanliness Programs (News via 2nd Ave Sagas)
    • After Waffling, TLC Commits to Issuing 6,000 Boro Taxi Licenses This Summer (CapNY, News)
    • DWI Driver Who Killed MTA Bus Driver "Too Drunk to Know What He Was Doing" (News)
    • Citi Bike Workers Organize to Join TWU Local 100 (News)
    • Car Wash Employee Hits Gas Instead of Brake, Running Over Woman in the Bronx (Post)
    • Truck Overturns on 45th Street in Hell's Kitchen; No Injuries Reported (WNBC)
    • PS 41 Principal Leads Push to Expand West Village Slow Zone (Villager)
    • NYC Isn't the Only Municipality Looking for More Control Over Speed Limits From Albany (MTR)
    • TLC Gives 30-Day Suspension for Wearing a Swastika, Same as Severing a Pedestrian's Legs (Post)
    • 50 New Bike Racks Coming to Red Hook Waterfront This Summer (DNA)
    • NYC's First Traffic Lights Were Installed in 1920 on Towers in the Middle of Fifth Avenue (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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