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Norman Garrick: Street Networks: Traffic Safety, Travel Mode Choice and Emergency Services
Submitted by abanks on Sat, 11/14/2009 - 7:36pm
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Norman Garrick compares street network design from pre-1950 and post-1950, factors that help determine the overall safety of safe pedestrian travel, and explains why it is so obvious that the pandemic of sprawl development is to blame f... read more »
Putting Out the Fire on Street Design
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 04/19/2007 - 4:41pm
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To a New Urbanist, narrowing streets and creating pedestrian
friendly environments can help calm auto traffic, save
lives, and reduce injuries. To an emergency responder narrow
streets and other traffic calming devices may slow
response... read more »