All across America there are roads lined with strip malls and box stores. What may have been a two lane road is now four or more. Driving down this road could put you in any-place America - a sea of parking lots, entrances and exits, traffic lights and traffic. Most of the stores are probably the same, too. 

These are roads with one mode of transportation in mind - the car. The more lanes the road has, the more dangerous it is for pedestrians, bicyclists, and those taking the bus who may find that crossing this multi-lane road is a challenge at best.

One road that fits this description is the U.S. 41 Corridor running between Sarasota and Bradenton, Florida.

Can a road like this be fixed? The answer is yes, if the will, the plans, and the funds are committed to making it safer for pedestrians and biking and safer for those who use transit to get to shopping, jobs, and schools along this congested road. 

Sierra Club Florida sent a letter in June to the Sarasota Metropolitan Organization (PDF) to remind the agency of a long-standing vision of  "achieving and sustaining a safe and effective multimodal transportation network ...

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