Rules of the Road

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  • Author
  • Date
• • Automated Enforcement of Speed Limits (185)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • March 13th, 2018
  Automated enforcement of speed limits and red lights could substantially reduce accidents. So far, we have not been willing to use the new technology in Massachusetts.
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• • Duckboat Safety (0)
  • Martha Warmuth
  • August 15th, 2017
  Dear Members of the Vision Zero Coalition and the Greater Street Safety Community My husband and I have worked to try to make the streets of Boston safer following the death of our daughter Allison. She was struck and killed by a Duckboat tour vehicle April 30th, 2016. We have been told by the authorities […]
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• • An Act to reduce traffic fatalities (4)
  • Andrew Bettinelli
  • February 3rd, 2017
  Senator Brownsberger, Representatives Rogers and Hecht along with several other legislators and a coalition of bicycle, pedestrian and transportation advocates worked together to develop a bill, An Act to Reduce Traffic Fatalities, which includes several measures to improve road safety. This comprehensive road safety bill includes: • childhood bicycle education • large vehicle safety equipment […]
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• • Duckboats, Death and Life (26)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • January 9th, 2017
  We got a lot done in the last session, but the duck boat law stands out for me emotionally – it makes Boston safer, but more than that, gives a little bit of positive meaning to the otherwise completely wasteful death of a fine young woman in her prime.
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