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More Safe and Sound Streets Meetings Scheduled
While we covered the first set of meetings previously, it’s worth a review. Sam Adams has scheduled two more rounds of meetings to discuss his “Safe & Sound Streets” funding proposal. He will continue to gather input at a series of open houses in September, and then will discuss his proposal with the community at…
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Minneapolis Collapse the Result of Anti-tax Activism?
At least one commentator thinks so: via Planetizen.
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Minneapolis Rethinking Begins
The New York Times reports today that the Governor of Minnesota, who twice vetoed gas tax increases, is now open to the idea. It also highlights the fact that Rep. James Oberstar, the Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (of which Peter DeFazio’s Surface Transportation Committee is a sub-committee) is from Minnesota, which…
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Minneapolis
Our first thoughts of course are for the victims of the I-35 Bridge collapse, and for their families and loved ones. The natural second thought is “could it happen here?” Local officials are rushing to tell the media that, no, it can’t, but given that we don’t know why the bridge failed, it’s hard to…
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Safety Progress Lagging
Via Streetsblog: Fatalities per billion kilometers driven from 1970 to 2005 for selected countries We (the U.S.) used to lead the world in traffic safety. We’ve plateaued and others who lagged far behind are about to pass us…