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The (Too-Brief) History of Traffic Violence Memorials in America (Peter Norton)

The Brake: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Do You Think It's Important for Us to Look at the Real Reality of Traffic Violence

In 1922 in Baltimore, a monument was built to resemble a marble war memorial style obelisk. It had these reliefs around the four sides of the base depicting the dangers of the street. I'm curious, do you think it's important for us actually to look at that reality, even if it's just in plaster relief on the side of an obelisk?

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