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.
Recent Posts
Mayor’s Office Starts Releasing Weekly Murder Data. Why Not Traffic Deaths?
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Streetsblog readers are familiar with The Weekly Carnage, our tally of the week’s traffic injuries and fatalities. Without an official source providing updates on a weekly basis, we cobble together our information from media accounts and our own reporting in an attempt to help New Yorkers understand the magnitude of traffic violence on the city’s streets […]
Celebrities on Citi Bike: Macklemore and Kevin Bacon Edition
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It’s not quite on the level of Beyonce riding a bike over the Brooklyn Bridge, but the list of celebrities taking Citi Bike for a spin continues to grow. This week, two boldface names have joined Seth Meyers, Louis C.K. and Leonardo DiCaprio, who has been spotted on a blue bike not once, but twice. On […]
Denny Farrell at Uptown Ped Safety Meeting: “I Drive Everywhere”
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The intersection of 155th Street, Edgecombe Avenue, St. Nicholas Place, and Harlem River Driveway is a busy, complex web where pedestrians jockey with turning drivers to cross wide expanses of asphalt. DOT began studying the location after a request from Council Member Robert Jackson. A final design and community board review is months away, but at […]
Local High School Students Create Bike Posters for the Lower East Side
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To finish out the third summer of the Local Spokes youth ambassadors program, a bike-based curriculum for high school students from Chinatown and the Lower East Side, eight teenagers designed and printed posters about bicycling now on display in the neighborhood. The new posters join street signs designed by last year’s participants encouraging local residents to […]
Julissa Ferreras Spotlights Ped Medians, Plazas in NY1 Tour of Her District
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On a tour of her council district in East Elmhurst and Corona with Errol Louis of NY1 on Friday, Council Member Julissa Ferreras highlighted two livable streets projects: Corona Plaza, a popular gathering spot near the 7 train, and wider medians on Astoria Boulevard to help seniors cross the street. “I’d like for more cars to […]
Eyes on the Street: Traffic Calming, 20 MPH Zone at Williamsbridge Oval
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Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem isn’t the only green space receiving traffic calming improvements this summer. In the Bronx, Friends of the Williamsbridge Oval waged a fight with DOT to get crosswalks and pedestrian space near their park in the Norwood neighborhood. Now, a plan [PDF] presented to Community Board 7 this spring has been implemented. […]
Is This NYT Article on NYPD Traffic Safety Priorities From 1997 or 2013?
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Last week, we brought you the story of Sam Shankman, a cyclist who got caught up in NYPD’s bike ticket blitz by legally turning on a green light. Shankman, who isn’t the first cyclist to get a ticket for not breaking the law, sent along this New York Times account of NYPD targeting cyclists for tickets, […]
After Delay, State DOT Says Plan for Deadly Kensington Intersection Due Soon
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This morning, Council Member Brad Lander delivered a stack of petitions to Governor Cuomo’s Midtown office demanding approval from the state DOT for a pedestrian safety fix that his constituents developed with NYC DOT. It may happen: State DOT says that it will complete a final design with the city by the end of next […]
City Council Candidates on the Issues: Ben Kallos, District 5
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We continue our series on City Council candidates with a Q&A with government transparency advocate Ben Kallos, who’s running to represent District 5 in Yorkville, Roosevelt Island, and the Upper East Side. Yesterday, we ran a Q&A with Republican candidate David Garland. Streetsblog did not receive questionnaire responses from Democrats Edward Hartzog and Micah Kellner. Streetsblog: The East River Greenway could […]
Mini-Bus Driver Critically Injures Woman, 95, Crossing East 86th Street
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Yesterday at approximately 4:15 p.m., the driver of a white Diamond model mini-bus turning right from Madison Avenue onto East 86th Street struck an unidentified 95-year-old woman crossing the street from south to north. The woman was transported to Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition. NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad and DOT investigators were on […]
Eyes on the Street: Safer Streets Around Marcus Garvey Park
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In January, the Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association was working with DOT to calm the streets around Marcus Garvey Park. Now, those changes are being implemented. The project [PDF] aims to make drivers travel at safer speeds heading north on Madison Avenue and south on Fifth Avenue. It reduces the number of lanes, tightens turns, […]
City Council Candidates on the Issues: David Garland, District 5
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Streetsblog continues our series on City Council candidates with a look at the race for District 5 in Manhattan, covering Yorkville, Roosevelt Island, and the Upper East Side. The seat has been held by Jessica Lappin, who is now running for Manhattan borough president, for two terms. There are four candidates vying for the seat. Republican David Garland, […]