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8:53 AM EDT on August 20, 2014

    • Plan to Replace Empty Yankee Parking Garages With Soccer Stadium Has Gone Quiet (CapNY)
    • Speeding Was Top S.I. Complaint on Vision Zero Map; Advance Wants to Hear More
    • First Ridgewood/Middle Village Bike Lanes Have Been Installed (Brownstoner Queens)
    • Sam Schwartz and Gerard Soffian Want More Enforcement But Saner Rules for Bikes (CityLand)
    • Rosenthal Bill Would Allow Drivers to Sign Up for Instant Email Notifications of Traffic Tickets (Post)
    • MTA Rejects Bklyn CB 10 Request for Bridge Walk to Mark 50th Anniversary of VNB (Home Reporter)
    • Proposal to Add Convention Center, Casino to Meadowlands Raises Traffic Concerns (WCBS)
    • School Bus Driver Pay Hike Questioned by Some CMs But Expected to Pass (CapNY, Post)
    • Bike-Share Kiosks Get Simpler Signage (Citi Bike Blog) ...Now About Those Pesky Touch Screens
    • Police Arrest Teen Riding on Flatlands Sidewalk for Stealing Citi Bike (Bklyn Paper)
    • Bklyn CB 2 Looking for People to Serve on Transpo Committee (Bklyn Reader)

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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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