US EditionWhy US cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design
Cities are reversing one-way street designs to reduce speeding, reconnect neighborhoods, and support local businesses with $25 million in federal funding aiding Indianapolis projects.
- Cities and planners are reversing one-way streets to two-way streets in midsize U.S. cities to slow traffic, improve safety, and boost downtown appeal using low-cost paint conversions.
- Two-Way streets were the norm before suburban migration, but many roads flipped to one-way in the 1970s to feed interstate bridge projects, cutting neighborhoods off and hurting local businesses.
- Traffic engineers note mixes of one- and two-way streets create 16 potential sequences at signalized intersections, making pedestrians and cyclists more vulnerable.
- Indianapolis has finished redesigns for Michigan and New York streets, and city officials plan 10 additional conversions with a $60 million total cost, said Mark St. John.
- The state is leading a Main Street reconversion in Louisville, Kentucky, passing landmarks like the Louisville Slugger Museum, with community leaders calling changes transformative and new construction spurred.
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Why U.S. cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design
Excessive speeding was so common on parallel one-way streets passing a massive electronics plant that Indianapolis residents used to refer to the pair as a 'racetrack' akin to the city’s famous Motor Speedway a few miles west.
Why US Cities Are Reverting 1-Way Streets Back To Original 2-Way Design
Excessive speeding was so common on parallel one-way streets passing a massive electronics plant that Indianapolis residents used to refer to the pair as a "racetrack" akin to the city's famous Motor Speedway a few miles west.
Why US cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way
Excessive speeding was so common on parallel one-way streets passing a massive electronics plant that Indianapolis residents used to refer to the pair as a “racetrack” akin to the city’s famous Motor Speedway a few miles west. Originally two-way thoroughfares, Michigan and New York streets switched to opposite one-way routes in the 1970s to help thousands of RCA workers swiftly travel to and from their shifts building televisions or pressing vin…
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Cities designed 1-way streets to speed up traffic. Now they are scrapping them to slow it down
Midsize cities across the U.S. are increasingly converting one-way streets to two-way routes. Transportation planners view the step as one of the easiest ways to improve safety and make downtowns more alluring to shoppers, restaurant patrons and would-be residents.
Why US cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design
Excessive speeding was so common on parallel one-way streets passing a massive electronics plant that Indianapolis residents used to refer to the pair as a “racetrack” akin to the city's famous Motor Speedway a few miles west.Originally two-way thoroughfares, Michigan and New York streets switched to opposite one-way routes in the 1970s to help thousands of RCA workers swiftly travel to and from their shifts building televisions or pressing viny…
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