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8:55 AM EDT on September 11, 2014

    • MTA Bus Driver Kills Pedestrian on Astoria Boulevard in East Elmhurst (DNA, WPIX, WNBC)
    • How Can NYC Shrink Its Cab Fleet? (Next City)
    • Uptowner Covers Effort by Upper Manhattan Residents to Secure Better Bike Infrastructure
    • Queens Teen Driver in High-Speed Crash That Killed Four Passengers Given Up to 15 Years (Patch)
    • SI Crash Where Bus Driver Seriously Injured Senior Pedestrian Remains Under Investigation (Advance)
    • Vacca Proposes Online Petition System Because "Not Everyone Can Go to a Public Hearing" (NYT)
    • Banning Horse Carriages? Espinal, Other Council Members Aren't So Sure About That (News, Capital)
    • Another One Bites the Dust: Permits Filed for Apartments on Site of Cobble Hill Gas Station (YIMBY)
    • What Are People Complaining About to Citi Bike? BikeShareNYC Introduces the Crank-o-Meter
    • NYC Is the Best City for Bicycling in the US? Bike Snob Is Not Impressed

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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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