Rik @ bikescape.orgThey’d have hit the trifecta of excuses if they’d included “emergency vehicles”. #Boston used o try to wriggle out of installing raised crosswalks for the same “reasons” - now they’re standard. Small towns like #Marblehead (and #Provincetown) just don’t have staff/elected officials who get that these are simple, inexpensive, & effective ways to make streets safer. #SafeStreets #mapoli #publicWorks #trafficCalming #crosswalks #walking #bicycling #MassBike #WalkMass https://urbanists.social/@streetsblogmass/112378753422911740
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Local public works officials in Marblehead are blocking street safety projects because it might require their snowplow drivers to pay more attention while they drive: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/05/03/cant-do-attitudes-block-street-safety-in-marblehead