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9:00 AM EDT on August 4, 2015

    • Gelinas: Skepticism Over Boston's Olympic Mega-Projects Holds Lessons for NY (Post)
    • Tri-State Has Photos of New Pedestrian Plaza Coming to 33rd Street (MTR)
    • Bed-Stuy Restoration Corp Talks About Its Work With Bike-Share (Our Time Press)
    • East River Storm Protection Plan Could Involve Less-Horrible FDR Drive Crossings (Lo-Down)
    • Park Slope Fifth Ave BID to Count Pedestrians With New Sensors (DNA)
    • Two NYPD Officers Injured in Belt Parkway Collision (WPIX)
    • Woman's Leg Injured After Her Car Rolls Away From Her, Into Home (Advance, DNA)
    • Unlicensed Driver Indicted in Crash That Killed Passenger (Advance)
    • Driver Who Smashed Nostrand Storefront Blames It On Mysterious Bicyclist (Sheepshead Bites)
    • Midtown Road Rage Driver Smashes Window of Vehicle After Dispute Over Merging (News)
    • BP Adams Devotes Cash to Park Along Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway (DNA)

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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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