Greenbelt, Maryland, one of the three greenbelt towns developed by President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Greenbelt was designed to be a community where walking and biking would be relatively safe, with a compact downtown design and protected pedestrian crossings.
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