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Except that's not how it works. [b]Slow Streets just push a lot more traffic onto neighboring streets[/b], regardless of whether they were built for that. There's no free lunch here. The people who benefit from Slow Streets do it by making life worse for everyone else. [/quote]

Do you have any data to support this assertion?[/quote]

It's what happened in our neighborhood. Do you think Slow Streets just magically made traffic disappear?[/quote]

That's anecdote, not data.

And in general, yes, the model is that traffic expands to fill the space available. There is less traffic when there is less space available, because people choose to postpone their trips, or combine trips, or use a different non-car transportation mode for trips. That's why, for example, "Carmageddon" didn't happen in Los Angeles[/quote]
You’re argument is that it reduced and calmed traffic on one street with zero impacts to neighboring streets? The only way this would work is if total traffic volume declined. Otherwise, it’s like a balloon. You push down one side and it pops up on the other. [/quote]

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