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Reduce Main Street to 2 lanes, expert says
Photo credit: John Dunn | Members of the Smithtown Chamber of Commerce, Vision Long Island, AARP and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign walk along with Dan Burden, center, executive director of the Walkable and Liveable Communities Institute, as he discusses traffic issues on Main Street (25A) in Smithtown. (Dec. 5, 2011)
Reducing Main Street in Smithtown from four lanes to two and building a traffic circle could reduce accidents and improve traffic flow on the state highway, which has been plagued with fatalities, a road safety advocate said Monday.
During a series of meetings with state and local officials and Smithtown residents, Dan Burden called for changes that he said would cause people to drive more...
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