Friday Afternoon Cartoon: T-Rex Nails It on Auto-Centric Urban Design

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Thank you, Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics, for this righteous and oddly poignant look at the dangers — and drudgery — caused by auto-centric urban design. Bravo, sir. You should get an honorary urban planning degree for this.

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