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American Speed Limits Are Based on 1950s Science
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WHY WALKABLE STREETS ARE MORE ECONOMICALLY PRODUCTIVE
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Oxnard Boulevard looks like a wasteland because of us. Oxnard’s poor old run down Oxnard Boulevard looks like a wasteland because we do not stand up for our main street. Demonstrate your care for Oxnard Boulevard, by coming to city council meetings week after week, to demand that Oxnard Boulevard become a successful walking and shopping street…
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2 New Hotels for Oxnard’s Riverpark – Architecture or Something Else?
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The Issue for Boomers Won’t be ‘Aging in Place’
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It’s Time to Take the Keys Away from Granddad
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How not to create traffic jams, pollution and urban sprawl
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