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02.27.09

Transportation commissioner fired for failing to build unnecessary roads? Politics, Transportation | (0)
There were plenty of stories in the news late last year, which indicated Americans are driving less, despite the fact that fuel prices have fallen off a cliff. "We're driving less even as gasoline prices drop" in USA Today described a corresponding jump in transit use: "While driving declined, subways, buses, commuter rail and light-rail systems have reported record increases in ridership. Amtrak, the nation's intercity passenger railroad, said it carried the highest number of passengers and brought in the most revenue in fiscal 2008 in its 37-year history." The cause of the driving decline, it was widely agreed, was the struggling ...
02.26.09

State senate bill a threat to roadside trees Advocacy, Land Use, Public Space, Transportation | (0)
Some readers may remember the controversy last year when Wilmington Island trees were sacrificed to make way for a deceleration lane. Why was it necessary to remove the trees? The protection of motorists was cited as the official reason, despite research that discredits tree removal as a safety precaution in urban areas. I was reminded of this type of thinking yesterday when I was informed that rumble strips, which bedevil cyclists and keep them from safely using roads, are a safety enhancement. The message is the same: Our desire to protect motorists from themselves, even when misguided or misinformed, trumps ...
02.19.09

Savannah Earth Day Festival has new Web site Advocacy, Education, Government, Transportation, Water | (1)
The City of Savannah's Earth Day Festival has a new (at least I think it's new) Web site. It features forms that can be used by prospective volunteers, exhibitors and sponsors, who want to become involved with the April 18 event in Forsyth Park. Last year's festival was punctuated by massive recycling collections at the south end of the park and the Savannah Bicycle Campaign's first ever Savannah Wheelie bike ride, which attracted nearly 300 participants including Mayor Otis Johnson and Chatham County Commission Chairman Pete Liakakis. The Wheelie will ride again this year and RecycleRama is back too, with organizers ...
02.16.09

In search of Savannah’s hidden bike racks Business, Transportation | (1)
The city's recent bicycle rack installations, placed in former car parking spaces, are a terrific way to provide bicycle parking close to the entrances of popular destinations and emphasize that bicycles belong on the street. Some local business also recognize their customers arrive by bike and they deploy bicycle racks accordingly. By doing so, they can encourage even more people to pedal. And spend money. Sadly, though, some store owners and shopping center managers just don't get the idea that their cycling customers are no different than those who drive, in that they would prefer to park their vehicles near the ...
02.13.09

Big Switch Television Recycling Event Events | (0)
The City of Savannah is teaming up with Chatham County to ensure that televisions are disposed of properly during the analog to digital broadcasting switch. "The Big Switch" Television Recycling Event event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. - noon at Lake Mayer. The event is free and only televisions from Savannah and Chatham County residents will be accepted. All businesses and commercial entities prohibited. For more information, e-mail Anne Robinson.

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- Bgrand2day: the government has no right to tell me what i can and cannot do. im can operate a car fine while texting, in fact people not texting arent always as good at driving, so i dont think the goverment can tell me not to. its violating my rights not to let me do what i want in my own car.
- Thomas: Seems as if nothing was taken from the previous incident of the terracotta lion that was destroyed by a driver speeding across the same street. I’m sure that statue was just as much of a criminal. I am curious though, as to what the driver would think about the comments on the...
- Zufechten: Every right and privilege comes with the attendant responsibility to exercise it with regard to the effects on others, whether it is dumping toxic materials, selling risky real estate derivatives, or operating a three ton truck while not paying attention. To rephrase an old saying,...
- Bryan Fordham: The logic doesn’t make perfect sense unless you begin from the assumption that the government should regulate anything potentially dangerous. I also never said it wasn’t dangerous to text and drive. But this type of hyperbolic posts don’t make the case well at all.
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- Bryan Fordham: So your point, then, is anything that could possibly hurt someone should be outlawed? We have laws about wild animals and swinging bats already. What about just walking down the street carrying a bat, though? I might swing it, and it might hit someone. We need a law for that, too,...
- One who knows: I believe that the police should check the vision of the driver. Assuming the driver is whom I have been lead to believe it is, he has extremely poor vision and should no longer be driving. He was also in an exhausted state which is not illegal, but may have contributed to reduced...
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