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'Ghost bike' memorial triggers talk of bike, pedestrian safety in Pittsburgh

A mountain bike culled from the junk bin of a North Point Breeze shop — its brakes stripped and its frame and wheels spray-painted white — emerged as a symbol Wednesday night for bike and pedestrian safety in Pittsburgh. As rain flickered on and off Downtown after commuting traffic had ....

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Letters to the Editor: Are the new speed limit signs effective?

New speed limit in Lowell Recently the City of Lowell lowered the speed limit in the city limits to 25 miles per hour unless posted differently. The city also installed some new signs on Clark Road and, strangely, only one on Douglas Road. Both are heavily used especially during AM and PM “rush hours.” And […] ....

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Letters to the Editor: Are the new speed limit signs effective?

New speed limit in Lowell Recently the City of Lowell lowered the speed limit in the city limits to 25 miles per hour unless posted differently. The city also installed some new signs on Clark Road and, strangely, only one on Douglas Road. Both are heavily used especially during AM and PM “rush hours.” And […] ....

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Lowell intersections some of the most dangerous in state

LOWELL Buckle up and double-check your car insurance coverage when driving in Lowell. A new study based on data collected from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shows Lowell as sharing the No. 6 spot with the town of Salisbury as having the most dangerous intersections in Massachusetts. ....

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Centralville housing – and traffic – boom

LOWELL Two significant housing development projects will bring more than 100 apartments and affordable housing units, and almost 200 more cars, to the densely populated and high-traffic West Sixth St. corridor of the city's Centralville neighborhood. ....

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