Rare Opportunity For Planners To Correct 1960's Mistake

Planners have a rare opportunity to correct traffic planning mistakes from the 1960s at the site of the World Trade Center.

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December 17, 2003, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Decisions made now about the street plan will determine how hundreds of truck deliveries are made, and how buses, autos, taxis, limousines, emergency vehicles...it will affect how tens of thousands of visitors, commuters, workers and neighbors move along the sidewalks and public spaces on the site...Planners have been given, through unparalleled disaster, the rare opportunity to correct what is now regarded as a major mistake made in the 1960's"

Thanks to Maya Sarkar

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