"It struck me that there was no department at our city that was primarily concerned with the safety of our roads. And what that means is that, over and over again, roads are designed for cars, and not for people."
"Much of that money, though, is flowing from one-time federal grants and once-in-a-lifetime infusions of cash from the COVID-era American Rescue Plan Act - and some fear that the current structure of the local government isn't set up to build on that momentum once the funds dry up."
"In the absence of that department, he says the diffuse and sometimes confusing system the city relies on now has left wide gaps in its safety strategy, even when individual leaders manage to push great projects through."
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