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New York City plans to spend more than $10 billion on a project that will speed up climate change and increase the number of New Yorkers killed by traffic and pollution. The good news is that the city will hold … Continue reading → The post Traffic Flow and the Status Quo: There are better ways to spend $10 billion than rebuilding the BQE appeared first on There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind.
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