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The way that a lot of these agencies are set up is they are very [siloed]. So land use folks think about land use, and transportation folks think about transportation. The degree that different disciplines can have access to and use from other disciplines can actually really help identify better levers or better policies. I don't know if that’s a natural thing for a lot of agencies to think like that because their org structures aren't oriented like that.
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A well-established technology exists to help prevent these crashes: automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. One study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) showed that AEB systems in large trucks can reduce rear-end crashes by up to 41%. This technology is not groundbreaking. The European Union has required AEB with forward collision warning for commercial trucks since 2013.
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Brian Goggin
Even if Congress did approve statehood, Fauntroy believed, it surely would cancel the congressional payment, then roughly 20 percent of the city’s budget—a scenario he likened to giving D.C. residents a “reservation . . . after they kill off all of the buffalo.”
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