RA

INIE

R V

AL

LE

Y:

PR

OS

PE

R I

N P

LA

CE

EVER

YTH

ING

WE

NEE

D IS

HER

E R

ain

ier

Val

ley

Tea

m “

B”

or,

th

e Pr

ospe

r in

Plac

e Te

am (P

IP),

is c

om

po

sed

alm

ost

en

tire

ly o

f

peo

ple

wh

o l

ive

in a

nd

lo

ve

Rai

nie

r V

alle

y.

Ou

r v

isio

n r

esp

on

ds

bo

th t

o o

ur

app

reci

atio

n o

f th

e

pla

ce o

f R

ain

ier

Val

ley

in

th

e C

ity

in

th

e p

rese

nt

and

in

to t

he

futu

re;

and

to

ou

r n

uan

ced

un

der

stan

din

g o

f th

e ex

isti

ng

ph

ysi

cal

pla

ce a

nd

its

his

tory

. A

t p

rese

nt,

in

ter

ms

of

cult

ura

l

reso

urc

es a

nd

ph

ysi

cal

top

og

rap

hy

, R

ain

ier

Val

ley

is

rich

. H

ow

ever

, in

man

y o

ther

way

s, t

he

resi

den

ts a

nd

wo

rker

s o

f R

ain

ier

Val

ley

are

un

der

serv

ed i

n t

erm

s o

f d

aily

nee

ds.

Ty

pic

al o

f so

man

y S

eatt

le n

eig

hb

orh

oo

ds,

no

rth

-so

uth

cir

cula

tio

n i

n R

ain

ier

Val

ley

is

easy

, w

hil

e cr

oss

to

wn

con

nec

tio

ns

rep

rese

nt

a si

gn

ific

ant

ob

stac

le t

o c

oh

eren

t m

ov

emen

t.

To

ad

dre

ss t

he

issu

es o

f m

ob

ilit

y, ac

cess

, eq

uit

y,

env

iro

nm

ent,

ed

uca

tio

n a

nd

eco

no

my

, w

e

env

isio

n a

fu

ture

wh

ere

the

nei

gh

bo

rho

od

is

self

-su

ffic

ien

t, t

hat

is,

ev

ery

thin

g a

per

son

mig

ht

nee

d i

s av

aila

ble

in

sit

u—

recr

eati

on

, g

oo

ds,

ser

vic

es a

nd

em

plo

ym

ent.

Wh

ile

we

hav

e st

ron

g

fun

ctio

nal

co

nn

ecti

on

s to

do

wn

tow

n a

nd

oth

er n

eig

hb

orh

oo

ds

via

au

tom

ob

ile

rou

tes

and

pu

bli

c

tran

spo

rtat

ion

, w

e h

ave

urg

ent

nee

d o

f im

pro

ved

mu

lti-

mo

dal

acc

ess

in a

nd

ou

t o

f o

ur

nei

gh

bo

rho

od

. W

e ar

e al

so a

n i

mp

ort

ant

cro

ssro

ads

for

cro

ss-l

ake

auto

mo

bil

e tr

affi

c to

do

wn

tow

n

as w

ell

as t

he

Mo

un

tain

s to

So

un

d G

reen

way

bic

ycl

e co

mm

ute

rs.

Th

e P

IP t

eam

has

dev

elo

ped

scen

ario

s fo

r b

oth

an

tici

pat

ed d

emo

gra

ph

ic d

ensi

ty a

nd

res

ou

rce

sca

rcit

y.

By

in

terw

eav

ing

eco

no

mic

no

des

in

to t

he

fab

ric

of

gre

en i

nfr

astr

uct

ure

, th

e te

am h

as u

nd

erta

ken

to

bo

th e

nh

an

ce

cult

ura

l v

ita

lity

an

d p

rote

ct n

atu

ral

reso

urc

es.

Th

e P

IP t

eam

ap

pre

ciat

es t

hat

ou

r

com

mu

nit

y a

nd

ou

r w

ater

shed

can

on

ly

rem

ain

via

ble

fo

r 1

00

yea

rs b

y p

airi

ng

den

sity

wit

h o

pen

sp

ace

and

th

ereb

y

emp

has

izin

g b

oth

su

sta

ina

bil

ity

an

d

self

-rel

ian

ce.

Ou

r v

iew

is

bo

th i

ntr

osp

ecti

ve

an

d

ho

list

ic;

we

loo

k i

n (

refu

ge)

to

bo

th

soci

al a

nd

nat

ura

l re

sou

rces

in

th

e

wat

ersh

ed w

hil

e in

ves

tin

g i

n c

ity

an

d

reg

ion

al c

on

nec

tiv

ity

an

d i

nfr

astr

uct

ure

(van

tag

e).

We

env

isio

n a

pla

ce t

hat

fu

lly

emb

race

s it

s g

eog

rap

hic

lo

cati

on

,

na

tura

l re

sou

rces

an

d c

ult

ura

l

div

ersi

ty.

Wit

h t

his

in

min

d,

we

stri

ve

to

mai

nta

in s

tro

ng

co

mm

un

ity

bo

nd

s

thro

ug

h e

ffo

rts

to b

uil

d t

he

rich

pa

lett

e

of

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

an

d r

eso

urc

es w

ith

in

the

wat

ersh

ed,

wh

ile

mai

nta

inin

g

imp

ort

ant

lin

kag

es t

o t

he

gre

ater

reg

ion

.

We

exam

ined

six

key

are

as o

f co

nce

rn:

Bu

sin

ess L

imit

ed b

usi

nes

s ac

cess

to

par

ks

Lo

cali

zed

min

i-p

laza

s, b

ench

es,

etc.

Ped

estr

ian

, b

ike

way

s co

nn

ect

to n

od

es

Co

mm

erci

al a

dja

cen

t to

par

ks

Pro

tect

ped

estr

ian

co

rrid

ors

Cu

ltu

re

Pla

za f

or

ever

y r

oad

Sca

led

sp

aces

fro

m c

ity

to

wat

ersh

ed t

o

nei

gh

bo

rho

od

to

blo

ck

Wo

on

erfs

Min

i p

laza

s

Use

of

sch

oo

lyar

ds

and

ch

urc

hes

as

op

en

spac

e

Co

ver

ed r

ain

pla

ces

for

cult

ura

l g

ath

erin

g

Inte

gra

tio

n o

f p

ub

lic

art

into

str

eet

and

eco

log

ical

in

fras

tru

ctu

re

Em

ph

asiz

e co

nn

ecti

on

s w

ith

pas

t

Fit

nes

s

Ex

pre

ss m

ajo

r C

edar

Riv

er w

ater

su

pp

ly

pip

elin

e

Ha

bit

at H

abit

at c

on

nec

tio

ns/

corr

ido

rs

Sig

nat

ure

, am

bit

iou

s cr

eek

ex

pre

ssio

n a

lon

g

mai

n c

orr

ido

r

Wil

dli

fe p

rese

rves

, sh

arin

g e

tc.

Hab

itat

-fri

end

ly r

ule

s

Gre

en s

tree

ts

ever

yw

her

e

Loca

lize

sto

rmw

ater

rete

nti

on

– i

nfi

ltra

tio

n

on

sm

all

and

lar

ge

scal

e

Day

lig

hti

ng

sto

rmw

ater

, o

r m

akin

g

its

imp

ort

ance

un

der

sto

od

Tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

Mu

ltim

od

al c

orr

ido

rs

Sh

ort

tri

p s

hu

ttle

corr

ido

rs,

shar

ed w

ith

bik

es,

east

-wes

t

emp

has

is

Arb

ore

tum

to

Rai

nie

r

Bea

ch n

on

-mo

tori

zed

way

Ded

icat

ed b

ike

lan

es

Res

po

nse

to

lig

ht

rail

Gat

eway

fro

m I

-90

an

d f

rom

do

wn

tow

n

Incr

ease

d p

edes

tria

n a

nd

no

n-m

oto

rize

d o

pti

on

s an

d n

etw

ork

s

Incr

ease

d f

eed

ers

wit

h s

hu

ttle

s, l

igh

t ra

il,

tro

lley

s

Gra

de

sep

arat

ion

at

ML

K a

nd

Rai

nie

r

Rec

rea

tio

n

Co

mb

ined

ped

estr

ian

an

d r

ecre

atio

n c

orr

ido

r

Go

od

ty

pes

of

pic

nic

fac

ilit

ies

Act

ive

pav

ed r

ecre

atio

n

Max

imiz

e o

r co

nv

ert

sch

oo

l p

rop

erti

es f

or

pu

bli

c ed

uca

tio

n

So

ft s

urf

ace

run

nin

g t

rail

s

Mo

re c

om

mu

nit

y r

ecre

atio

nal

cen

ters

an

d p

oo

ls

Sw

imm

ing

bea

ches

Ag

ricu

ltu

re

P-p

atch

es

Mar

ket

s an

d m

ark

et/c

om

mer

cial

gar

den

s

Th

e es

sen

tial

go

als

of

the

gro

up

are

to

:

Em

bra

ce t

he

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

off

ered

by

in

crea

sed

den

sity

, in

clu

din

g t

he

incl

usi

on

an

d

exp

ansi

on

of

urb

an n

atu

re.

Ach

iev

eeq

uit

y i

n b

oth

aff

ord

able

ho

usi

ng

an

d s

uff

icie

nt

acce

ss t

o o

pen

sp

ace

Res

tore

th

e fu

nct

ion

an

d c

ha

ract

er o

f R

ain

er V

alle

y’s

nat

ura

l an

d h

isto

ric

foo

tpri

nt

Sti

mu

late

so

cia

l li

fe b

y c

reat

ing

gat

her

ing

sp

aces

at

a v

arie

ty o

f sc

ales

fro

m t

he

blo

ck t

o

the

nei

gh

bo

rho

od

an

d s

tim

ula

tin

g t

he

use

of

op

en s

pac

e, b

y i

ntr

od

uci

ng

act

ivit

ies

and

serv

ices

to

op

en s

pac

es,

and

clo

se p

rox

imit

y o

f a

var

iety

of

use

s.

Pro

vid

e a

var

iety

of

recr

eati

on

ex

per

ien

ces

wit

h e

qu

al a

cces

s

Em

ph

asiz

e an

d e

nh

ance

Rai

nie

r A

ven

ue

as a

cen

tra

l a

nd

vit

al

ax

is o

r sp

ine

con

trib

uti

ng

to t

he

ov

eral

l su

pp

ort

an

d m

ain

ten

ance

of

a h

ealt

hy

co

mm

un

ity

LIN

KA

GE

S

Lin

kag

es a

nd

co

nn

ecti

on

s, i

n t

erm

s o

f

hab

itat

, m

ob

ilit

y,

and

leg

ibil

ity

are

cen

tral

to

th

e m

ain

ten

ance

of

the

com

mu

nit

y. M

ajo

r m

ult

imo

dal

tran

spo

rtat

ion

ax

es c

ou

ple

d w

ith

pu

bli

c

tran

spo

rtat

ion

an

d n

on

-mo

tori

zed

sp

urs

and

sp

ines

wil

l co

mp

rise

a g

reen

tran

spo

rtat

ion

arm

atu

re t

hat

in

clu

des

sig

nif

ican

t ad

dit

ion

s o

f v

eget

atio

n a

nd

wat

er f

eatu

res.

Mis

sin

g c

orr

ido

rs w

ill

be

re-l

ink

ed f

or

wil

dli

fe.

Dep

end

ing

on

nee

ds,

so

me

po

rtio

ns

of

the

stre

et g

rid

wil

l b

e re

con

fig

ure

d f

or

hab

itat

an

d o

pen

spac

e o

nly

an

d o

ther

po

rtio

ns

of

the

gri

d

wil

l b

e o

pen

ed f

or

gre

ater

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n

mo

bil

ity

.

Gre

en l

ink

s p

lay

an

in

teg

ral

role

in

th

e

exp

ansi

on

of

urb

an v

illa

ges

no

rth

an

d

sou

th w

hic

h w

ill

ult

imat

ely

in

corp

ora

te

lig

ht

rail

, tr

ansi

t h

ub

s an

d s

tree

t ca

r li

nk

s.

Gat

eway

s ar

e en

han

ced

to

dem

arca

te a

nd

cele

bra

te t

he

entr

ance

s fr

om

do

wn

tow

n t

o

the

wes

t, I

-90

to

th

e ea

st a

nd

Co

lum

bia

Cit

y/O

rcas

Str

eet

to t

he

sou

th.

Gre

en s

pac

e w

ill

be

acq

uir

ed a

nd

dev

elo

ped

wh

ere

feas

ible

an

d a

ug

men

ted

wit

h a

net

wo

rk o

f g

reen

bo

ule

var

ds,

lar

ge

(ch

urc

hes

, sc

ho

ols

, p

riv

ate

bu

sin

ess)

in

stit

uti

on

s, p

riv

ate

yar

ds,

gre

en r

oo

fs a

nd

wal

ls,

and

“wat

er”

stre

ets,

as

wel

l as

act

ive

imp

lem

enta

tio

n o

f m

itig

atio

n p

lan

s.

Co

mm

un

itie

s w

ill

be

lin

ked

to

cen

tral

gat

her

ing

pla

ces,

a s

erie

s o

f la

rge

(civ

ic)

and

sm

all

(nei

gh

bo

rho

od

) sc

ale

gat

her

ing

sp

aces

, ea

ch w

ith

a d

isti

nct

ch

arac

ter.

Wh

ere

the

com

mu

nit

y c

ore

is a

qu

iet,

gre

en p

lace

, u

ses

wil

l ra

dia

te f

rom

lo

w t

o h

igh

fro

m t

he

cen

ter

of

that

co

re.

Wh

ere

the

hea

rt o

f a

nei

gh

bo

rho

od

is

com

mer

cial

or

ori

ente

d t

ow

ard

a t

ran

sit

stat

ion

, in

ten

sity

of

use

s w

ill

be

gra

du

ated

fro

m h

igh

in

ten

sity

at

the

cen

tral

co

re t

o l

ow

er i

nte

nsi

ty a

t th

e tr

ansi

tio

nal

per

iph

ery

.

WA

TE

R A

ND

HA

BIT

AT

Ad

dit

ion

al f

iner

sca

le s

tep

s in

clu

de

uti

lizi

ng

wat

er r

eso

urc

es a

s o

pen

sp

ace

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

bo

th i

n

term

s o

f p

rote

ctin

g a

nd

cre

atin

g h

abit

at a

nd

rec

reat

ion

al o

pp

ort

un

itie

s, a

s w

ell

as r

efer

enci

ng

th

e

imp

ort

ance

of

wat

er i

n m

ore

met

aph

ori

cal

way

s. C

SO

s w

ill

be

elim

inat

ed i

n s

ensi

tiv

e h

abit

at a

nd

swim

min

g a

reas

th

rou

gh

th

e cr

eati

on

of

gre

en s

tree

ts/n

atu

ral

dra

inag

e. T

his

wil

l m

inim

ize

sto

rmw

ater

ru

no

ff,

max

imiz

e in

filt

rati

on

, an

d p

rov

ide

hab

itat

fo

r b

ird

s, a

mp

hib

ian

s an

d s

mal

l

mam

mal

s, a

s w

ell

incr

ease

pro

per

ty a

nd

aes

thet

ic v

alu

es.

Th

e es

tab

lish

men

t o

f g

reen

str

eets

wil

l

pro

vid

e a

log

ical

fo

un

dat

ion

fo

r th

e es

tab

lish

men

t o

f p

edes

tria

n a

nd

bic

ycl

e tr

ails

an

d

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

smal

l p

ock

et p

ark

s al

on

g t

he

dra

inag

e ro

ute

s. W

her

e to

po

gra

ph

y m

itig

ates

agai

nst

nat

ura

l d

rain

age,

oth

er w

ayfi

nd

ing

dev

ices

th

at m

ean

ing

full

y d

emar

cate

wat

er w

ill

be

uti

lize

d t

o p

rov

ide

con

tin

uo

us

no

n-m

oto

rize

d

mo

bil

ity

.

SO

CIA

L L

IFE

Th

e g

reen

gri

d w

ill

be

furt

her

en

han

ced

th

rou

gh

th

e li

nk

ing

of

po

cket

par

ks,

p-p

atch

es a

nd

ste

ep

slo

pes

co

nv

erte

d t

o u

rban

fo

rest

s an

d o

ther

gre

en s

pac

es.

Urb

an c

ore

s w

ill

be

dem

arca

ted

th

rou

gh

a se

ries

of

bo

th c

ivic

(la

rge-

scal

e) a

nd

nei

gh

bo

rho

od

(sm

all-

scal

e) s

qu

ares

th

at f

orm

th

e n

od

es o

r

ver

teb

rae

of

the

axia

l sp

ine

of

Rai

nie

r A

ven

ue,

Bea

con

Av

enu

e an

d M

arti

n L

uth

er K

ing

.

Ad

dit

ion

al c

ult

ura

l g

ath

erin

g s

pac

es w

ill

be

crea

ted t

hro

ug

h t

he

lid

din

g o

f th

e in

ters

ecti

on

at

Mar

tin

Lu

ther

Kin

g a

nd

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nie

r A

ven

ue.

Th

ese

cen

tral

gat

her

ing

sp

aces

, o

r v

illa

ge

gre

ens,

wil

l

be

enh

ance

d b

y b

oth

per

man

ent

and

ep

hem

eral

fea

ture

s su

ch a

s se

atin

g,

wat

er f

eatu

res,

per

form

ance

, re

tail

, an

d o

ther

cu

ltu

ral

amen

itie

s. C

om

mu

nit

y g

ard

ens

loca

ted

at

gra

de

and

on

roo

fto

ps

wil

l au

gm

ent

the

avai

lab

ilit

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f lo

cal

pro

du

ce a

s w

ell

as h

elp

ing

to

ad

dre

ss t

he

urb

an

hea

t is

lan

ds,

wat

er i

nte

rcep

tio

n a

nd

in

filt

rati

on

.

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adv

oca

te j

oin

t m

anag

emen

t o

f sc

ho

ol

lan

ds

by

th

e sc

ho

ol

dis

tric

t an

d t

he

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ks

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artm

ent.

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ttle

cu

rren

tly

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tw

ice

as m

uch

sch

oo

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pac

ity

as

nee

ded

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cho

ols

th

at

are

to b

e cl

ose

d s

ho

uld

be

recy

cled

as

com

bo

rec

reat

ion

al r

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es w

ith

th

e b

uil

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use

d f

or

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mer

cial

use

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n t

he

futu

re w

hen

th

e sc

ho

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are

nee

ded

ag

ain

, th

e sc

ho

ols

wil

l b

e b

uil

t in

a m

ore

co

mp

act

way

, le

avin

g t

he

site

as

an o

pen

sp

ace

recr

eati

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al

reso

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ity

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re P

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cali

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etc.

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pac

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s b

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ks

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rsp

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pro

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sp

ace

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rain

wat

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arv

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lar

coll

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on

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tec

hn

olo

gie

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te a

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use

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ind

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l b

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at

loca

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ns

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a

con

stan

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th

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un

ity

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sell

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th

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cit

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as

wel

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th

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tim

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kn

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d t

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use

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atu

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in

filt

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d

pro

vid

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itat

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ativ

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ork

of

effi

cien

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and

mu

ltim

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spo

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fo

cus

on

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ty o

f n

on

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veh

icle

s an

d p

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tria

ns.

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hav

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sin

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equ

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to

com

ple

te t

his

mis

sio

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t ra

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nec

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ns

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ley

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nu

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lic

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sp

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ke

an e

spre

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car

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th

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k)

or

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pla

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of

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use

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road

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tro

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des

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rep

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hig

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mu

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d

stre

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un

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din

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cu

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of

mo

tori

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tra

nsp

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tec

hn

olo

gie

s m

ay c

han

ge

rad

ical

ly i

n t

he

futu

re.

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nie

r V

alle

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ill

rem

ain

as

wel

com

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mig

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mu

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to

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ela

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fun

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g a

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imp

lem

enta

tio

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as b

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ver

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pri

vat

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un

dat

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vat

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mat

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sin

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imp

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urt

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erg

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gen

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ind

po

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eth

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pro

du

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wat

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d

gri

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sold

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city

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lag

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to le

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the

neig

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cu

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go

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bu

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vid

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in

tim

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lar

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gro

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lti-

fun

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to f

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way

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spor

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cult

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cili

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spo

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