Did you know the sole priority of the average transportation engineer is shaving a couple minutes off of the average car journey?
In 4 of 5 jurisdictions across the U.S., there is almost nothing on the books saying streets should seek to be safer and more accessible to all.
These policies haven't accomplished their stated goals -- by forcing everyone into cars, they create *more* traffic, which leads to average speeds low enough they could be matched with a more diverse mix of transit.
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Christopher Mims /
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2023-10-21 14:29:05
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