Keeping Rural Roads Rural

While Transportation Engineers often work with the premise that the client is the car, in Baltimore County, MD a consultant group has recommended letting the single lane rural roads meander.

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November 22, 2005, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The narrow, curvy and sometimes congested roads that wind through rural northern Baltimore County should be kept the way they are, according to a study to be released today by a Towson-based land preservation group. Though creating wider, straighter roads might seem a logical response to increasing traffic volume, the transportation consultants hired by the Valleys Planning Council concluded that bigger roads only bring more cars traveling faster."

Thanks to William Doane

Read the full story: Consultants advise letting rural roads meander

Monday, November 21, 2005 in The Baltimore Sun

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