RULES OF THE ROAD, PART II

Part Two of a Three Part Series
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The nation’s capital was designed by Pierre L’Enfant (the French artist-architect who drew up the original plans which were later executed by Benjamin Banneker, a freed slave) to create not only a grand capital but a walking city with a series of broad avenues converging into several circular intersections.…  

Rules of the Road, PART II – PEDESTRIAN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

By LWTL Staff Writer

The nation’s capital was designed by Pierre L’Enfant (the French artist-architect who drew up the original plans which were later executed by Benjamin Banneker, a freed slave) to create not only a grand capital but a walking city with a series of broad avenues converging into several circular intersections. Today, DC, ranks second among large cities in its share of commuters who walk to work; second among the 52 largest cities for its low rate of pedestrian deaths compared to its high rate of commuting; and third on a list of the safest cities for pedestrians.…  

Do you know the Rules of the Road?

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Introduction

Washington, D.C has much to distinguish it as a world-class city.…