An Ode to the Miniature Fire Truck
There's a movement to get city leaders to shrink their engines to a scale that makes sense for the jobs they most frequently do, rather than widening all their roads to fit monster (fire)trucks.
By
Kea Wilson
6:31 PM CDT on May 4, 2021
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