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The Federal Highway Administration has something called the functional classification of streets that most all states and other jurisdictions follow.  So, for example, Wisconsin Avenue and River Road (outside the DC line) are considered major arterials.  River Rd inside DC is a minor arterial.  Arterials are designated to carry through traffic. Some streets are "collectors", meaning that they collect and distribute traffic between arterial streets and "local" streets.  Local streets are the lowest street classification, intended to carry traffic to and from destinations on those streets.  They are typically residential, often narrower, what one thinks of as "neighborhood streets."  The streets in Chevy Chase Village and most side streets in AU Park, Cleveland Park, CC DC, etc. are classified as "local streets."  Many local transportation departments decide that strong traffic calming measures are warranted when local streets start to carry much higher traffic than they were intended to, especially when they become cut-through routes for commuters.  These measures can include one-way designations, full or partial diverters, etc. to discourage through traffic and keep it on the arterial ways.  Speed humps are often used, but these work mostly just to slow down traffic speed, not move traffic volume back to the arterials.[/quote]

And I support almost all of these measures, except for actually closing the streets, as was done in Chevy Chase, MD.[/quote]

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