Written by Michael Burns

Experts’ final report on smart planning and development for the U.S. 29 corridor between Greenville and Spartanburg calls for separate communities with more population density and better transit to provide economic, social and environmental benefits.

Adaptive traffic-signal synchronization could save an estimated $1 million per year in time and fuel, according to the report, and improved pedestrian crossings and sidewalks could improve safety on a stretch of road where nine pedestrians were killed from 2003 to 2012.

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