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PUBLIC TESTIMONY

Testimony by Thomas Rheingold on Daylighting and Traffic Safety

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      Thomas Rheingold provides testimony emphasizing the importance of implementing daylighting to prioritize human life over parking convenience. He argues that not enacting daylighting is equivalent to knowingly choosing to allow traffic deaths to continue.

      • Rheingold frames the issue as a trade-off between parking and safety, urging the council to prioritize life
      • He critiques the argument against daylighting due to parking concerns, stating it implies accepting deaths for the sake of mobility
      • Rheingold concludes by asserting that choosing not to implement known effective measures is essentially choosing death