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USDOT proposes to remove restrictive design guidelines that make safer streets more difficult to build | Transportation For America

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Fri, 10/16/2015 - 7:47am

Headlines are quick hits from media outlets from Missouri and around the world. Follow the headline link for the full story. The source of this headline says:

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) took an encouraging and surprising step today that will make it dramatically easier for cities and communities of all sizes to design and build complete streets that are safer for everyone by easing federally-mandated design standards on many roads. . . .

In this new proposed rule, FHWA decided after a thorough review to scrap 11 of 13 current design criteria for certain roads because they decided these criteria have “minimal influence on the safety or operation on our urban streets” and has a stronger connection for rural roads, freeways and higher speed urban arterials.

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USDOT proposes to remove restrictive design guidelines that make safer streets more difficult to build | Transportation For America
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MoBikeFed comment: You can submit comments in support (or in opposition!) to the proposed new rules here:

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FHWA-2015-0020-0003

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