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2/21/25  1:04 pm
Commenter: Tom Carr

Adopt the MUTCD As Is
 

It is especially important to adopt the changes relevant to bicycle and pedestrian safety.  These changes fit in perfectly with our new administration's Make America Healthy Again agenda.  Making roads and streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrian will encourage those healthy activities.  It will provide an affordable alternative  that will allow more people to get to work.  Getting more people into the workforce is another priority of our new administration, and the MUTCD can help by making making it safer for people who don't have or can't afford cars to get to employment.  Finally, the bicycle and pedestrian design alternatives will allow our transportation system to be more efficient economically.  More people walking or cycling will reduce the demand for wider and newer highways, thus meeting the conservative goals of lowering the cost of government and increasing freedom of choice.   

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