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: : A new traffic signal, called a pedestrian hybrid beacon is up an running today on Grove Avenue at Somerset Ave. The light is designed to reduce crashes and allow people to cross safely. (Photo: David Streever/VPM News) Starting today, drivers in Richmond’s West End may notice a new type of traffic light. The ‘pedestrian hybrid beacon,’ designed to reduce traffic crashes and make it safer for people to cross busy streets, is on Grove Avenue near St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. According to the Federal Highway Administration, these signals are effective. The FHA says they’re “similar to a European pedestrian signal (PELICAN) that was imported to the US and adapted by engineers in Arizona to increase motorists’ awareness of pedestrian crossings at uncontrolled marked crosswalk locations.” ....
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This was one of GGWash’s most popular articles in 2020. We’re sharing some of our hits again over the holiday season. Public calls for Confederate statues to be removed from Richmond’s streetscape are not a new occurrence in Virginia’s capital; however, the focus of Northside residents’ most recent campaign to move one monument is not racism but safety. After decades of crashes and the General Assembly’s recent decision to give localities control over Confederate memorials, 2020 could be the year General A. P. Hill stops causing car collisions. Who put that there? The Commonwealth, like most states in the US, has never reckoned with its long, dark history of slavery, segregation, and prejudice. The birthplace of Massive Resistance is only just beginning to come to terms with its traumatic treatment of Black Americans over the centuries, and Virginia’s 223 public spaces proudly displaying Confederate monuments have quickly become the frontline of this ....