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8:55 AM EDT on July 3, 2017

    • With Better Safety Oversight in Place, DC-Area Legislators Want Chao to Restore WMATA Funding (Post, WTOP)
    • Video: Silicon Valley Driver Hurls Racist Epithet at Woman Bicycling With 9-Year-Old Daughter (HuffPo, SF Weekly)
    • Buses That Automatically Stop for Pedestrians Will Roll Out Starting in 2018 (CNET)
    • Expanding Bike Paths Would Be a Lifeline for Low-Income Cincinnati Residents (CityBeat)
    • Seattle Takes the Lead Regulating Bike-Share Start-Ups as System Prepares Launch By End of Week (KOMO)
    • French Quarter Transportation Study Suggests Parking Tweaks, Dismisses Pedestrianization (New Orleans Advocate)
    • Service Cuts on Hold as Middletown, CT, Transit Agency Fires Leadership, Seeks State Oversight (Hartford Courant)
    • Violent Arrest Captured on Video After Police in Mesa, AZ, Stop Man for Crossing Against Light (12 News)
    • Texas Editorial Asks for Safe Crosswalks, Please, as Police Begin Anti-Pedestrian Crackdown (Victoria Advocate)
    • Welcome to the Club! Twin Cities Transit Advocacy Groups Launch Podcast (Next City)
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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