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Month: March 2020

by Jon Salmans - March 22, 2020

I Never Thought I Would Write This…But a Private Car May be Safer than Transit for the Next Few Weeks

People are panicking about the COVID-19 outbreak.  I have read several posts on social media urging people to drive and avoid transit to reduce the spread of the disease. As of March 20, it has killed 229 people in the United States over the course of the entire outbreak so far.  In comparison, car crashes

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by Jon Salmans - March 13, 2020March 13, 2020

Traffic Calming should be Implemented on Low Volume Streets

In the summer of 2019, several residents of our street expressed interest in adding speed humps to improve safety.  Our street has over 20 children living on it, and studies have shown that speed humps reduce the likelihood by over 50% that children living on a street will be injured or killed by being hit

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by Jon Salmans - March 6, 2020

The Port Authority should Promote Transit to New Residents

Soon after my wife and I bought our house, we received a lot of material in the mail from people who had an interest in connecting with us as new residents. Politicians sent us letters welcoming us to their district.  We received a schedule for garbage collection and letters from the utilities. Salespeople sent us

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