SUVs: Stealing The Public Wealth

David Burwell offers three principles for for developing rationality and rules in the allocation of public road space.

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March 17, 2003, 6:00 AM PST

"No more. Since SUVs, legally classified as 'light-trucks' and therefore exempt from most regulation, have passed the 50% mark in new car sales the rest of us on the road are faced with a dilemma: arm ourselves with our own quasi-assault vehicles or get off. However, a third option has emergedstand and fight."

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Saturday, March 15, 2003 in Project For Public Spaces

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