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The Shady Side of Transportation

Over at KCRW’s Design and Architecture, Francis Anderton considers a part of the built environment often overlooked in transportation questions: Shade. It is remarked that trees in Los Angeles are placed to provide shade for cars, not people walking on sidewalks.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 at 7:34 am and is filed under Cars, Cities, Commuting, Traffic Culture, Traffic Engineering. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “The Shady Side of Transportation”

  1. Peter Smith Says:
    July 6th, 2010 at 11:40 am

    just as median trees are to provide shade to cars speeding by, instead of providing room for bike lanes, or shade to pedestrians or bikers.

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