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TRAFFIC CALMING

Traffic calming makes it possible to bike to work from an inner ring suburb, and it makes it safe enough to bike to a transit station.

It does the same to enhance walking. When sidewalks are narrow and traffic is roaring by, people don’t feel safe and secure walking even a couple blocks to the bus stop or train station.

Traffic calming can make the walk – in more humane surroundings -- feel safer and even shorter.

Wright frequently writes about Smart Growth and sustainable communities. He recently participated in the prestigious Forum on Land and the Built Environment: The Reinvented City sponsored by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Contact him at: stevewright64@yahoo.com