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Why are you so obsessed with pinning murderous action on a truck driver when the police exonerated him?  It's really weird.

No one wanted Allie to die.  [b]What do we do now that can make those who have survived, like her brother, safer?[/b][/quote]

Make the streets safer, which will include redesigning them so that drivers drive more slowly. And it will also include NOT complaining about bike lanes or loss of parking or anything else that will make it more inconvenient for people in a dense city to go places fast by car.[/quote]

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We need to stop designing cities around cars.  We need to design them around people.  Drivers are not any more important than anyone else, and they are more likely to kill people than bikes or pedestrians.  Let's act like it.  [/quote]

Most people in this metropolitan area of 6 million people do drive cars, or ride in them if underage. We should design so that everyone stays safe and also to facilitate, not gratuitously impede, the primary purpose of cities. Community, yes, say the bike brigade. But just as importantly, commerce.

When you choke the entire city down to 1/2 lane in each direction, you're privileging the Arts On The Right-of-Way, er, Street over the economic engine that allows you to live here in the first place.  Duh.  [/quote]

Oh sweetie, those of us who actually live in the city would throw a huge party if suburban commuter car traffic was limited to half a lane each way. We know you would stomp your feet and tantrum about it, but you actually aren’t all that important to the city’s economy compared to the volume of people who commute in by transit. I would be so happy I could start letting my kids ride their bikes to friends houses and school, instead of driving them like I currently do, out of a very rational fear for their safety.[/quote]

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