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	<description>Speak now, or forever hold your peace.</description>
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		<title>Near Miss Yesterday, Catastrophe Tomorrow?</title>
		<link>http://medfieldblogs.net/near-miss-instead-of-catastrophe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Donner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traffic and Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The April 2011 edition of Harvard Business Review was dedicated to “Failure” and “How to Understand It”, “Learn From It” and “Recover from It”. In the article “How to Avoid Catastrophe”, authored by Catherine Tinsley, Robin Dillon and Peter Madsen the authors noted that “Near misses preceded every disaster they studied and most were ignored”. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workshops on Transportation Needs: 2/15 in Needham</title>
		<link>http://medfieldblogs.net/workshops-on-transportation-needs-215-in-needham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Donner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.ctps.org/bostonmpo/Needs_Assessment_Workshops_Flyer.pdf Tuesday, February 15, at 5:30 PM Needham Public Library, Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham • Accessible via the Needham commuter rail line (Needham Heights Station) or MBTA bus Route 59 The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is developing Paths to a Sustainable Region, the next regional Long-Range Transportation Plan. Paths to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans can&#8217;t drive</title>
		<link>http://medfieldblogs.net/republicans-cant-drive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Donner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traffic and Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the conclusion of this analysis of the NHTSA accident fatality database by The Daily Beast. The NHTSA data is freely available for download, and I have done my own analysis with it a couple of years ago when I used it to prototype a SQL Server Analysis Services cube using ADOMD.NET. The Daily Beast used more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retired Harvard professor cited in fatal Vespa crash &#8211; Newton &#8211; Your Town &#8211; Boston.com</title>
		<link>http://medfieldblogs.net/retired-harvard-professor-cited-in-fatal-vespa-crash-newton-your-town-boston-com/</link>
		<comments>http://medfieldblogs.net/retired-harvard-professor-cited-in-fatal-vespa-crash-newton-your-town-boston-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Donner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bicycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic and Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A retired Harvard Law School professor whose car allegedly struck and killed a woman riding a motor scooter in Newton last summer has been cited with motor vehicle homicide, prosecutors said today. Retired Harvard professor cited in fatal Vespa crash &#8211; Newton &#8211; Your Town &#8211; Boston.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Child injured in bike/car accident in Westwood</title>
		<link>http://medfieldblogs.net/child-injured-in-bikecar-accident-in-westwood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Donner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bicycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic and Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike accident]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave Atkins of the Westwood Bike &#38; Pedestrian Safety Committee reports an accident involving a 10 year old boy and an Audi convertible. This happened in front of a Hanlon School. Luckily the child only suffered broken bones. Follow the story on Facebook.]]></description>
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		<title>Medfield&#8217;s Safety Committee</title>
		<link>http://medfieldblogs.net/medfield-has-a-bicycle-and-pedestrian-safety-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://medfieldblogs.net/medfield-has-a-bicycle-and-pedestrian-safety-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Donner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bicycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic and Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last November, the board of selectmen decided to move forward with the appointment of three new members to the Safety Committee, which is now 5 members strong. The intent was to expand the scope of the work and put a larger focus on pedestrian and bike traffic. The organizational meeting of the group was held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Street? What about South Street, West Street, or Main Street?</title>
		<link>http://medfieldblogs.net/north-street-how-about-south-street-west-street-or-main-street/</link>
		<comments>http://medfieldblogs.net/north-street-how-about-south-street-west-street-or-main-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Donner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic and Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent traffic accidents on North Street prompted an article in the Hometown Weekly. Based on quotes mentioned in the article, it appears that residents and the police chief are advocating measures that will make speeding safer on North Street. The prevailing opinion is that the road is the problem, not the people driving on it. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Green Street Traffic Analysis</title>
		<link>http://medfieldblogs.net/2009-traffic-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://medfieldblogs.net/2009-traffic-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Donner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traffic and Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The analysis chart for 2009 shows 2 sets of data over time. The top graph represents the maximum, minimum, and the mean speed per day. The bottom graph shows the number of cars counted per day, plus a 30-day moving average to highlight trends. The deep snow cover in February blocked the radar device&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speeder of the Year (2009)</title>
		<link>http://medfieldblogs.net/speeder-of-the-year/</link>
		<comments>http://medfieldblogs.net/speeder-of-the-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Donner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traffic and Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was one year ago on November 23, 2008 at 5:44pm when the Green Street speed radar went into operation, and since then it has been dutifully recording every vehicle travelling by, almost 270,000 of them. The 1-year anniversary is not only a milestone that will allow for some statistical analysis, but it also marks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumble Strips</title>
		<link>http://medfieldblogs.net/is-road-repair-on-the-cheap-really-cheap/</link>
		<comments>http://medfieldblogs.net/is-road-repair-on-the-cheap-really-cheap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Donner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic and Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aggregate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asphalt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bitumen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chip seal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noise]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[road surface]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several Medfield roads have recently been resurfaced using the infamous &#8220;oil and chip&#8221; technique, sometimes also referred to as &#8220;tar and chip&#8221;, &#8220;chip seal&#8221;, or &#8220;seal coat&#8221;. An asphalt/oil/polymer emulsion is spread on the substrate (usually the existing, but cracked and worn asphalt surface), and then loose aggregate is applied on top of the &#8220;oil&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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