Reader's View: Duluth needs transportation commission now

Reader's View: Duluth needs transportation commission now

Transportation advocates and two families who lost loved ones due to unsafe street designs came before the Duluth City Council on July 21 with a simple, urgent request: Create a Transportation Commission. Not next year. Not someday. Now. Their message was grounded in reality: Duluth’s crash rates are among the highest in Minnesota, and there’s no formal city body focused solely on making our streets safer. Despite clear public testimony, most co…