How Engineering Standards for Cars Endanger People Crossing the Street

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By Angie SchmittMar 3, 2017, 4:04 pm182 pts
At the Landmark Interchange by Fenway Park in Boston, people trying to walk across the street sometimes have to wait as long as two minutes for a signal. And that, says Northeastern University Civil Engineering Professor Peter Furth, is dangerous. Two minutes is an unreasonably long time to ask someone to…

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