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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean unless your point is we should spend $ on local neighborhood streets and not do anything to improve safety on so called arterials. Since the arterials typically have the destinations people need to walk to, including bus stops, schools, shopping, etc, I think that is a mistake. Especially in inner suburbs that are trying to promote walking for transportation. [/quote]

Oh course not that's not my point.  There are many way to promote safety on arterial roads. A road diet is one way that may be appropriate in some cases on some types of roads.  For example, connector roads - which more often contain schools, and often contain robust bus routes and local businesses - are typically much more appropriate locations for road diets.

Again, the problem is that these projects are rarely JUST road diets.  I realize you want to parse out road diets but when the total project contains more than just a road diet, that is not possible.  If you have an issues with that, blame the jurisdictions and staff that feel the need to add in costly extras to these projects while providing limited safety improvements for local, neighborhood roads.  In most jurisdictions, the types of traffic calming a city is willing to fund as part of more robust "complete streets" budgets v. a more limited "traffic calming" budget speaks volumes about the the amount of money these projects can cost. [/quote]

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