This was the week that pedestrians got the upper hand – or foot, or hoof, as the case may be. First came the announcement that Philadelphia’s Center City District will expand its Open Streets program of car-free thoroughfares, which, data shows, brings lucrative foot traffic to downtown businesses. And on Wednesday, cars and trucks traveling on I-279 near Pittsburgh were forced to brake for two adventurous calves who had escaped two days earlier from Eichner’s Farm in nearby McCandless Township. The mischievous bovines were corralled and herded back safely, according to State Police.
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