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Ugh. Forget it. [b]You are just making shit up now[/b].

The city recommended 4 lanes and the fire department asked for 4 lanes until they were clearly strong armed and sent a last minute (redacted) email that they “could consider [a road diet]”. The hospital asked for two westbound lanes. Fire union members, who could not provide a public statement, wanted 4 lanes. And the fire department is still doesn’t support the pedestrian refuge islands because the fire truck can’t get over them.  This isn’t any road. It is a heavily traveled arterial with the city’s busiest fire station and only hospital on it. [/quote]

Nope. Quoting.

First responders generally want bigger equipment and bigger roads to drive their bigger equipment on, and they generally object to traffic calming and road diets. Which is ironic, because traffic calming and road diets make roads safer, i.e., less need for first responders.[/quote]

Cite? It better be an actual report and not one of the presentations that were created before this specific issue came up.

And yes, those horrible first responders. Really how much more selfish can they be? 
FWIW, in Alexandria they aren’t objecting to traffic calming or road diets in general. The issue was this specific road diet. Again, you are applying broad principles to this specific project. [/quote]

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