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9:00 AM EDT on July 2, 2015

    • Turning Driver "Loses Control" and Seriously Injures Two in East NY; "No Criminality" (WCBS)
    • Two Killed, Four Injured in Two-Car Crash Outside Middle School in Bayside (News, WABC)
    • Queens BP, Council Members Use Budget to Fund Bus Countdown Clocks (News, Gothamist, TL)
    • Judge Dismisses Case Against DMV for Extra Fines, Points for Bicycle Tickets (Gothamist)
    • East Side Pols Fear Delays Mean 2nd Ave Subway Won't Open As Promised by End of 2016 (News)
    • Slate Joins Uber In Its Skepticism of City's Case for Cap on New FHV Licenses
    • Behavior Like This Is What It Takes for TLC to Revoke a Hack License (News)
    • NYPD Officer Arrested for Third Time in Eight Months After Crashing Motorcycle (Post)
    • East Harlem Residents Turn Out for Citi Bike Station Planning Workshop (DNA)
    • More Coverage of Town Hall on 111th Street Safety Plan from Times Ledger
    • Trottenberg, Reynoso, NYPD Talk Transportation at Myrtle Ave BID Meeting (Times Newsweekly)
    • Witold Rybczynski Sets the New York Times Straight About Cars in Central Park (NYT)

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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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