It’s scary to walk or bike to stores on highways and busy streets. We get in our cars and drive a couple blocks rather than cross a street on foot. Lots of people tell me that they’d like to bike to work, but there is no good way to get there, and they are right. Rural highways bring business to smaller towns, but they also cut towns in half.
LETTER: Missouri Department of Transportation should consider Complete Streets movement
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 | 7:39 p.m. CDT
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