Editorial: For climate, safety, we should build a better transportation system

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 17, 2021

Pedestrian fatalities, air pollution, climate change, even the loss of social connection – all of these are causing us harm, and all have poor road design as a factor. As roads are built and rebuilt, and as Maine begins to spend funding from the infrastructure bill passed earlier this year, it should make sure to address these problems, helping take cars off the roads and make the roads safer for anyone not in a car or truck.