{"id":1632,"date":"2011-08-16T11:57:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T15:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/do-we-need-more-of-the-same-unsafe-roads.html"},"modified":"2011-08-16T11:57:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T15:57:51","slug":"do-we-need-more-of-the-same-unsafe-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/do-we-need-more-of-the-same-unsafe-roads.html","title":{"rendered":"Do we need more of the same unsafe roads?"},"content":{"rendered":"Many T-SPLOST projects submitted by Lowndes County would make traffic safety\nworse.\n<p>\nMore from Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones of Georgia Tech:\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/ellen_dunham_jones.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/180453_254x191.jpg\"><\/a>\nEven Buford Highway, she says, could be transformed with medians,\ntrees and buildings set closer to the road. Changes that are known\nto slow traffic. But outside of the ivory tower, change does not come\neasily. Or quickly.\n<p>\nLast year Georgia spent more than two billion dollars on transportation,\nbut only a tiny fraction, less than 1 percent, went specifically to\npedestrian safety.\n<\/blockquote>\nAnd what Lowndes County has sent in for T-SPLOST funding includes:\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/category\/t-splost\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3101\/5854097964_47350b0382_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/10-million-t-splost-to-widen-new-bethel-road-for-lanier-county-sprawl.html\">\n$10 million to widen New Bethel Road from 2 lanes to 5 lanes to Lanier County<\/a>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/widening-old-us-41-north-its-back-for-8-million-t-splost.html\">\n$8 million to widen old US 41 North<\/a>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/3-million-t-splost-for-sprawl-on-cat-creek-road.html\">\n$3 million to widen Val Del Road<\/a>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/3-million-t-splost-for-sprawl-on-cat-creek-road.html\">$3 million for sprawl on Cat Creek Road<\/a>.\n<\/ul>\nDo we need more of the same unsafe roads?\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many T-SPLOST projects submitted by Lowndes County would make traffic safety worse. 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