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NEW EPISODE: "Killed by a Traffic Engineer"

In his new book, Wes Marshall argues that his fellow traffic engineers need to do some deep soul searching so that they no longer design a system that kills tens of thousands of people per year.

Available now!

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Tom VanAntwerp πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ's avatar Tom VanAntwerp πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ @tomvanantwerp.com
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Great episode! Really disturbing that so much of decades-old "best practice" in traffic engineering is basically vibes, but I'm glad it's being called out and that coming generations of engineers are asking hard questions of the field.

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Kat Corrine πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈβœ¨'s avatar Kat Corrine πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈβœ¨ @katcorrine.bsky.social
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ooh i want to read this so bad but i think it might break me even more for living in a poorly engineered metro area

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The ITE member forum right now:

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Sean Murphy's avatar Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social
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Any book that has the sentence "Can't we just embiggen the arterials a bit more?" is a must read. (pg 214)

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renΓ©e πŸ§Άβ›²οΈπŸ“šπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŽΌπŸͺ©'s avatar renΓ©e πŸ§Άβ›²οΈπŸ“šπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŽΌπŸͺ© @mrrb.bsky.social
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Added to my @thestorygraph.com to-read list!

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πŸ“Œ

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BirdmanStevens's avatar BirdmanStevens @birdmanstevens.bsky.social
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I ordered it directly from @islandpress.bsky.social, but I haven't gotten any emails or anything and I contacted them and no reply! Hopefully I get it someday!

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Pedaling Professor's avatar Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social
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Omg yes!!

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Gernot Wagner's avatar Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com
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Mild amendment: "Killed by a Traffic Engineer, and car-centric police enforcement"

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