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FLASHBACK 1997: Karen Denton clears the air about city planning to UDOT and Mike Leavitt.
We do have choices other than ribboning the valley with pavement. What we need is an integrated plan that delivers people efficiently from one place to another using a minimum of resources. It should encourage livable communities—ones in which motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists safely co-mingle, and green space is built into the designs.
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Title: Erroneous Concepts Author: Karen Denton Date: Apr. 24, 1997 Dear Tom Warne, executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation, and Gov.
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