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That's exactly what he wants to do. But Burden isn't an autocrat. His preternatural calm--he was a National Geographic photographer before founding Walkable in 1996--sets people at ease. He knows that slimmer roads are "leaner, safer and more efficient," and that they take some of the stress off drivers too. "We tend not to like open, scary places, and we try to get through them quicker. Somehow the canopy effect of tree-lined streets slows traffic." Burden can't eliminate road rage. But for some drivers, riders and pedestrians across the country, he can create road...
...Slow down. When you're far from home without another adult to spell you, taking your time is safer--and sometimes more fun--than rushing to your destination. New Yorker Mary Farrell, a single mom, says her seven- and 10-year-old sons still remember the rest stop they took on their way to Vermont a couple of years ago. They spent two hours by a stream, throwing rocks and watching caterpillars...
...guided Hoover's group to the best sites for the tanks, at the confluence of three popular trails coming up from Mexico. "We are allies in that effort," says David Aguilar, the patrol's special agent in charge in Tucson. And no wonder. As border-patrol agents shut down safer avenues through cities and towns, coyotes and their charges are pushed farther into the desert to cross, taking greater risks. That has discouraged some immigrants from making the journey; it has also killed hundreds...
...forks over only $49 a year in property taxes for her two-bedroom, two-bath home near the beach. And how Rose Lahey's timid boyfriend won't drive down from California because "he's paranoid about Mexican bandidos." Says Lahey, 55, a retired letter carrier: "You're safer here than in L.A. any day--and it's better than going postal...
...Their argument, if not their reasoning, had plenty of supporters: Even if the newly uncovered evidence contained no exculpatory evidence, some reasoned it would be safer for Matsch to err on the side of caution - especially in a case so rife with anti-government, anti-establishment tensions...