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May 2013

Pedestrian infrastructure needs to be further developed in many US cities, photo courtesy of World Highways reader Jim Walton
May 24, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Pedestrian infrastructure needs to be further developed in many US cities, photo courtesy of World Highways reader Jim Walton

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