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Sharrows on Rowayton Avenue in 2015. Norwalk two new hires are said to be experienced in pedestrian and cyclist safety, as well as in improving traffic conditions. (Archive photo)
NORWALK, Conn. The City has hired “two experienced traffic experts” to join the Transportation, Mobility, and Parking (TMP) department, a press release said Friday.
James Travers will be the new Transportation, Mobility, and Parking director, a position formerly held by Kathryn Hebert, who took the City’s early retirement buyout late last year. Garrett Bolella was hired as Assistant Director for Transportation Services. Travers and Bolella will both begin work Feb. 16 and are coming from similar roles in the City of Stamford, the release said.
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getting cars out of the way and treating people. shepard: greg mukai who watch it happen. they want a couple weeks ago of this very line, one of the warnings came a mayor from a liquid it is along this route. according to the report of komo news, the mayor said it was only a matter of time before the high-speed rail killed somebody. the mayor then reported as state transportation officials to change it, because he considered the faster trains would be too close to vehicles and pedestrians. trace gallagher is in the west west coast news. i remember when they spit up trains over here, traits they have across the country, it is a concern when they re going 80, 90 miles per hour. the mayor made these comments a city council meeting last week. we look at the live pictures and what he was talking about, exactly what happened. he said, at this train goes down
run of this, this service. but we want to check and make sure what that exactly means. reporter: an ntsb official tells cnn the investigation will focus on recovering the train s data recorders, to determine the train s speed. they ll also examine the tracks and signals and conduct extensive interviews with the crew and passengers. we went down an embankment. we had to kick out the window the emergency window. reporter: and while no one knows for sure what caused this crash, just two weeks ago, the mayor of lakewood, washington, warned state transportation officials that the tracks were not suited for high-speed rail travel, saying, come back when there s that accident and try to justify not putting in those safety enhancements, adding, this project was never needed and endangers our citizens. the last major amtrak crash was just 2 1/2 years ago in philadelphia, when amtrak 188 from washington, d.c. to new york city derailed, killing