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revelation on Nov 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: 12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Bad for Safety and Shoul...

Traffic "engineers" don't deserve the name. I'm certain not one of them has ever taken a bike and tried to travel on their own design.

Their allegiance is to parking spaces and car throughput, in that order.

koenigdavidmj on Nov 20, 2016 [–]

Meet Seattle'a traffic engineer:

https://twitter.com/dongho_chang

Scroll through his Twitter a bit and you'll probably find him taking pictures of interesting things and possible safety concerns he encounters as he bikes through his own city.

riffic on Nov 20, 2016 | [–]

the exception, not the rule.

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