To the editor: Asked to respond to last month’s crash involving a young cyclist on West Shore Drive, Marblehead Police Chief Dennis King announced a forthcoming bike-safety education event. That’s dangerous. Educational and skills-training bicycling programs do not “translate into a decrease in injury rate, or improved bicycle handling ability and attitudes.” That’s the … [Read more...] about LTE: Marblehead Police should focus on protecting children from traffic violence
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LTE: Rail Trail improvements can mitigate our climate crisis
To the editor: I am sure you have all heard the saying, “Think globally, act locally.” With the climate crisis affecting our weather systems so profoundly (fires from Alaska to Hawaii, floods from Vermont to Pennsylvania, water shortages and droughts from California through the Southwest), one often feels overwhelmed by the problem. However, we can begin … [Read more...] about LTE: Rail Trail improvements can mitigate our climate crisis