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Hybrid vehicle.

I’m in the early stages of a mini-crusade to get a traffic light, or at least an electronic crossing signal, installed at a busy intersection near my house. 

As part of my effort, I decided this morning to start tallying how many cars fail to stop for me after I’m already standing in the crosswalk.

During my two crossings this morning, 14 cars illegally whizzed by while I was standing in the crosswalk with my dogs.

Only two cars stopped for me. Much to my amusement, both were hybrids.

Maybe drivers of hybrid vehicles really are better people than the rest of us.

(Centaur courtesy of edupics.com)

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The intersection of Adair Street and West Howard Avenue in Decatur is so dangerous, there were three city employees directing traffic there this morning: two school crossing guards and a police officer yelling at drivers through a megaphone.

How much do traffic lights cost? Are they less than the cost of putting two crossing guards and a cop and an intersection twice-a-day for an entire school year?

All I’m doing is saying.

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Mayor Shirley Franklin’s Connect Atlanta Plan is in its final stages and team members are asking the public to help them fine-tune their progress.

Four meetings located around Atlanta will be the last chance residents have to weigh in on the the city’s first-ever comprehensive transportation plan. It’d be worth stopping by to see what improvements they’ve proposed in terms of roads, rails, sidewalks and accessibility for cyclists, as well. (Project planners posted a link to a proposed bike network PDF file. Click here to check it out.)

After the jump, meeting details and locations.

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