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8:57 AM EDT on August 19, 2014

    • Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Karoll Grzegorczyk, 32, Crossing Fresh Pond Road in Maspeth (News, NY1)
    • Police Search for Driver Who Used Car as Weapon in Bruckner Blvd Hit-and-Run (WCBS, WNBC)
    • Driver Who Called Sikh Man a "Terrorist" and Ran Him Down Last Month Has Been Arrested (Post)
    • Cab Riders United Launches, Focused on Safety, Boro Taxis, Vehicle Improvements (CapNY)
    • SI Pols Call for More Transit, Then Work Against Actual Transit Improvements (2nd Ave Sagas)
    • Malliotakis, Astorino Want MTA Funds for S.I.; Call Speed, Red Light Cams "Entrapment" (Advance)
    • SIEDC Relaunches Effort to Study West Shore Light Rail With Plea to Cuomo (Advance, DNA)
    • Jury Awards Brooklyn Man $150,000 for False Arrest After Cops Got Upset About Traffic (News)
    • Queens CB 9 Will Meet Thursday After Complaints About Plaza Replacing Parking (Forum, QChron)
    • TA Designates Sunnyside a Bike-Friendly Business District (Sunnyside Post)
    • Six Months Into Vision Zero, Queens Precincts Are Mixed on Traffic Safety (Make Queens Safer)

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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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