On Wednesday evening, about 50 Streetsblog readers got together virtually for a discussion of Angie Schmitt&#8217;s new book, &#8220;Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America.&#8221;

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Highways

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