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By Stephen Miller

8:58 AM EDT on June 23, 2014

25 MPH: DOT to Retime Lights (NYT); Astorino Cracks Wise (News); NY1 Turns to Man on Street
Cuomo Moves to Use $500 Million From Clean Water Fund for TZB, Despite No OK From EPA (TU)
NYPD Driver Injures Girl, 13, in Bronx; Police (News 12), Witnesses (Post) Differ on Major Details
DSNY Worker Stephen Frosch Pinned, Killed by Fellow Street Sweeper Driver at Garage (Post, WNBC)
Speeding Driver Dies After Crashing Off East Tremont Overpass Onto Bruckner (News, WABC, News 12)
Brooklyn CB 1, DOT Plan Extension of Bike Route Along Metropolitan Avenue (Bklyn Paper)
Sidewalks Around BAM Set for Big Streetscape Upgrade (Bklyn Paper)
Queens CB 11 Votes 30-3 in Support of Plaza Outside Douglaston LIRR Station (TL)
CSX Opposes Upgrades to Its Upstate Tracks That Would Boost Passenger Rail Speeds (TU)
Is the 7 Train Extension on the Verge of Another Delay? (2nd Ave Sagas)
Bringing Vision Zero to Los Angeles: Gelinas Op-Ed in LA Times

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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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