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8:59 AM EDT on May 22, 2015

    • Bath Beach SUV Driver Going in Reverse Kills Galina Shibayeva, 76 (News)
    • De Blasio Visits Staten Island to Promote Increase in Street Repaving Budget (DNA, WCBS)
    • ...And Gets an Earful From a Man Who Likes Speeding (NYT, WSJ, News, Capital, Advance, AP)
    • WCBS Spends Time With NYPD to Learn About Laser Speed Enforcement
    • Second Avenue Subway Is More Than 80 Percent Complete; to Open December 2016 (WSJ, Post)
    • ATU's Larry Hanley Wants Improvements to Bus Design, Not Right of Way Charges (Post)
    • Driver Injures Man in Woodhaven, Likely Suffering Broken Leg; No Charges (Forum)
    • Vacca Backs DOT Road Diet Proposal for East Tremont Ave Opposed By Merchants Group (TL)
    • City Regulator Wants to Know How Much Private Trash Haulers Drive Around NYC (Capital)
    • New Pedestrian Bridge to Connect Van Cortlandt Park Over Major Deegan Expressway (Bx Times)
    • De Blasio Hates the Cross Bronx Expressway, Loves Driving Down Tenth Avenue (Observer, News)

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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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