There’s overwhelming evidence that road diets reduce collisions, with some federal studies suggesting an average decline of 19 percent in places like New Brunswick. Of course, these safety upgrades tend to result in slower traffic, a price public officials are often reluctant to pay. So a research group led by Robert Noland of Rutgers set out to weigh the congestion costs against the safety benefits as directly as possible.
Toney & Kelly: A History of Local Racial Housing Covenants and Federal Housing Policies
Abstract An assembly of literature finds that the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) did not engage in credit redlining, by means of withdrawing mortgage refinance support from lower rated areas and extensively directing support to higher rated areas. The HOLC does...