Clarence: The Traffic Calming Sasquatch

Dan Kaufman: [00:00] Dan Kaufman here in Ladd’s Addition in Portland, Oregon, one of the most beautifully traffic-calmed areas in the country. We’ve heard rumours that there’s some creature… hey, wait, there he is.

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Dan Kaufman: [00:18] Hey, hey, wait, I want to talk to you. Hey, come back here. What’s your name?

Clarence: [00:26] Clarence.

Dan Kaufman: [00:27] Clarence. What are you doing here in this neighbourhood? Bigfoot hasn’t been seen around here for hundreds of years.

Clarence: [00:33] The traffic calming is very good. It makes me feel safe.

Dan Kaufman: [00:37] I think he’s talking about traffic calming. Maybe he feels comfortable here. You feel secure here because there’s traffic calming?

Clarence: [00:47] Yeah, yeah. Traffic calming, I show you.

Dan Kaufman: [00:51] Okay.

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Clarence: [01:10] So I came down outta the mountains, because the cars were no longer dangerous. Safer to bike now.

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Clarence: [01:12] This here is a traffic circle. Makes cars go slower and in a circle. Things like this make for more livable streets. It’s safe.

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Clarence: [01:53] Look at this… a bicycle amenity!

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Clarence: [02:36] Speed hump is very close to my heart. I love the speed hump.

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Clarence: [03:03] It’s safe. It’s safe.

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