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By Stephen Miller

8:53 AM EST on February 27, 2015

Kenny Valette, 20, Killed by Truck Driver Turning Off Cross Bronx Expressway Ramp (News)
Map Shows Greenpoint and W’Burg Citi Bike Stations Coming This Year (Bklyn Paper)
Bronx BP Diaz Wants Rezoning for Growth at Planned Metro-North Stations (Bx Times)
…In The Meantime, Suburban-Style Office Park and Retail Strip Proposed at Hutch Metro (Bx Times)
MTA Proposes Rerouting Buses Away From Deadly Intersection of Wyckoff and Palmetto (Q Chron)
Kallos Bill Would Put Locations of Towed Vehicles Online or on 311 (Capital, WCBS)
Post Covers City Council Bill That Would Require Residential Buildings to Allow Bikes in Elevators
New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund About to Go Broke, But Chris Christie Isn’t Worried (NJ.com)
Mitchell Moss: Midtown East Is a Model for Using Development to Fund Transit (Observer)
TWU and Jay Walder Try to Make Nice at Citi Bike (Crain’s)
DOT Tells Manhattan CB 3 It Will Study Traffic Calming on Cherry Street (Lo Down)

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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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