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Advocates say cities should improve walkability and public transportation as state funding lags
Alabama currently ranks 50th out of all U.S. states in public transportation use per resident, according to U.S. News and World Report, lacking funding ever since a 1952 amendment to the Alabama constitution that prevented gas taxes from being used on transportation.  The state’s lack of funding has led some groups, like the Alabama Urbanists Coalition, which works to make in-state public transit safer and more accessible and cities more pedestrian-focused and walkable, to argue for better urban design and public transportation, including on the UA campus.  Cannon Williams, a sophomore civil engineering major, is the head of the Tuscaloosa Chapter of the Alabama Urbanists Coalition.  William

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