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A two-lane road with a double yellow centerline that runs through a desert that is mostly flat, with an orange-brown-tinge on a sunny day with mountains in the far background

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Holding the Center

How getting rid of the double yellow line reduces crashes

A red-tinged photograph looking down a spiral staircase of marble steps, brass and iron posts, and a smooth wooden railing

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Stairway to Hell

Don’t get burned by incorrect mandates. Be cool about fire safety.

In an office space on an upper floor, in the day with trees outside the windows, a woman stands up during a meeting to address the presenter.

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Show Respect—Argue

If you have any faith in your neighbors, you will talk with them.

Soldiers in police riot gear train on a large road in Florida with a sunny sky and no shade, with one palm tree in the background. A traffic light is in the background.

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Securitizing the Commute

Bigger cars may be the cause of the security dilemma, but they are the symptom of how the securitization process robs us of security.