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Public commenter urges Mobile GR to prepare transformative plan if substantial road and public-safety funds arrive
Summary
A public commenter urged the Mobile GR Commission to prepare a proactive vision for using potential new road and public-safety funds to prioritize pedestrian and bicycle safety and transformative street redesigns; the city transportation engineer said alcohol- and drug-related impairment account for about 60% of recent traffic fatalities.
A member of the public urged the Mobile GR Commission to prepare a forward-looking, transformational plan for how the city would use a likely influx of new road and public-safety funding, saying that investing in pedestrian and bicycle safety and first-mile/last-mile connections could reduce traffic deaths and shift travel modes.
The commenter noted that new road funding presents a rare opportunity to…
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