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
Let There Be Light: Notorious Dark Patch of West Side Greenway Gets Bright
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New lights appeared earlier this week on the Hudson River Greenway between 59th and 72nd Streets, on a notoriously dark stretch beneath an elevated section of the West Side Highway. Although a few patches remain dark, sources tell us it’s a vast improvement. Word is that DOT is responsible for installing these lights, which are […]
Brownsville Will Get Bike Lanes After Supportive Vote from CB 16
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Good news out of Brooklyn last night: After a community-driven process that started in 2011, Community Board 16 voted to support painted bike lanes and sharrows on 15 miles of Brownsville streets. The proposal calls for bike lanes on New Lots Avenue, Pitkin Avenue, Mother Gaston Boulevard, and a north/south pair on Hendrix Street and Schenck […]
What Andrew Cuomo Could Learn About Transit From Deval Patrick
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As New Yorkers wait to find out if Governor Cuomo is even thinking about finding someone to chair the MTA, his lack of attention to transit stands in stark contrast to another northeastern governor — one who in the past six months not only named a new transit head, but also released a plan to fund […]
A Collective Tries to Make Cargo Bike Deliveries Work in Brooklyn
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New York’s cargo bike industry is a tough business. One of the top constraints is geography. Most of the current operators, like the ones we profiled last week, concentrate on Manhattan below 96th Street. But a new group is trying to organize cargo deliveries in Brooklyn. The Cargo Bike Collective, based in Ditmas Park and Flatbush, […]
Mayoral Candidates Take a Stand on NYPD’s Treatment of… Transit Crime
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Quick, what aspect of police work and law enforcement were mayoral contenders addressing when they said the following at Friday’s candidate forum? Bill de Blasio: “It’s hard to report crimes and get the kind of response that you deserve…The police need more training to treat these crimes with urgency…Police need better training and we need […]
At Transit Forum, Albanese, Allon, and Carrión Support Rational Tolls
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Friday’s transit forum hosted by Transit Workers Union Local 100 and a coalition of rider advocacy groups offered an opportunity for a more more detailed discussion of transit policy than this year’s mayoral race has seen so far. While the candidates offered few specifics about how they would improve transit for the millions of New Yorkers who depend on […]
West Side and Sunset Park Community Boards Advance Bike Lanes and Plazas
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Last night, two community boards in Sunset Park and Manhattan’s West Side voted to support bike lanes, bike parking and permanent pedestrian plazas. As a result, Sunset Park will be receiving shared lane markings on Fifth Avenue, the permanent reconstruction of a plaza at Ninth Avenue and 14th Street will move ahead, and bike lanes and […]
Two NY Auto Insurers Now Reward Motorists for Driving Less
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Allstate has joined Progressive Insurance as the second company to offer New Yorkers the chance to save money with usage-based car insurance. Like its cousin, pay-as-you-drive insurance, usage-based insurance rewards people for driving less. On top of that, by constantly monitoring how people drive, it creates incentives based on behaviors that can’t be tracked by […]
Brooklyn CB 2 Committee Supports PARK Smart for Atlantic, Court, and Smith
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On-street parking reform for Atlantic Avenue, Court Street, and Smith Street in Brooklyn moved ahead last night with a 6-0-1 vote from Community Board 2’s transportation committee in favor of a new DOT PARK Smart zone. The proposal [PDF], prompted by a request from the owner of Sahadi’s, aims to curb traffic and increase on-street […]
Can Cargo Bike Delivery Flourish in NYC?
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In a city as dense as New York, with gridlocked streets and need-it-now demands, bicycle delivery serves a vital role. The city keeps its stomach full with pedal-powered food delivery, while couriers, whose numbers have dwindled as communications technology has advanced, still ply the streets of Midtown. Somewhere in the mix is the humble cargo bike, […]
Eyes on the Street: Road Collapse Closes Tillary Street Protected Bike Lane
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Tillary Street between Adams Street and Cadman Plaza East is a critical connection for cyclists from Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Red Hook to the Brooklyn Bridge, with a protected bike lane separating them from drivers on the extra-wide street. While the two-way lane has long been a favorite of illegal parkers, for the past week or […]
Search Is on for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Carlos Carlo, 65, in Queens
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Police are looking for the driver of a dark sedan who fled the scene after striking and killing Carlos Carlo, 65, as he tried to cross Rockaway Boulevard at 137th Avenue in the Rochdale section of Queens at approximately 12:30 a.m. last night. Police say Carlo was returning home after getting off an MTA bus, […]