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8:55 AM EDT on April 24, 2017

    • Chao Offers No Promises About Federal Funding for Boston's Green Line Extension (Boston Globe)
    • GOP State Legislators Urge Chao to Kill Funding for Minneapolis Southwest Light Rail (Star Tribune)
    • Ohio Business Leaders Want Trump to Fund $1 Billion Highway Expansion from Canton to Pittsburgh (Crain's)
    • Boston Cyclists Say It's Time for Less Talk, More Action on City's Bike Lane Plans (Globe, WBZ)
    • Driver Kills Man on Dallas Sidewalk; Witnesses Say She Was Speeding But Police File No Charges (WFAA, KDFW)
    • Man Beaten by Sacramento Police for Crossing the Street Will File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit (Sac Bee)
    • Pedestrian Advocates Take a Walk Along St. Petersburg's Missing and Blocked Sidewalks (Tampa Bay Times)
    • 8-Year-Old Houston Girl Gets City to Finish Missing Sidewalk, Scores a Visit From the Mayor (Chron)
    • Pittsburgh's Anti-Bike Mayoral Candidate Yells "Stay In the Damn Bike Lanes!" From Her SUV (City Paper)
    • Coachella Attendees Who Drove to Massive Concert in Desert Shocked to Be Stuck in Traffic (OC Register)
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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