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Li: San Jose airport’s closure of vital bike route exposes hollow traffic safety pledge
San Jose touts its Vision Zero pledge to eliminate traffic fatalities. But instead of preserving safe commuter routes, airport and city officials are pushing forward with a permanent closure that will force cyclists into dangerous, high-speed traffic. Early this year in April, San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) posted 30-day notices announcing the permanent closure... The post Li: San Jose airport’s closure of vital bike route exposes hollow traffic safety pledge appeared first on San José Spotlight .
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San Jose touts its Vision Zero pledge to eliminate traffic fatalities. But instead of preserving safe commuter routes, airport and city officials are pushing forward with a permanent closure that will force cyclists into dangerous, high-speed traffic. Early this year in April, San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) posted 30-day notices announcing the permanent closure... The post Li: San Jose airport’s closure of vital bike route exposes hollow traffic safety pledge appeared first on San José Spotlight .
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According to San Jose Spotlight’s source item, Li: San Jose airport’s closure of vital bike route exposes hollow traffic safety pledge, San Jose touts its Vision Zero pledge to eliminate traffic fatalities. But instead of preserving safe commuter routes, airport and city officials are pushing forward with a permanent closure that will force cyclists into dangerous, high-speed traffic. Early this year in April, San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) posted 30-day notices announcing the permanent closure… The post Li: San Jose airport’s closure of vital bike route exposes hollow traffic safety pledge appeared first on San José Spotlight .
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