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The Vicious Traffic Circle

Busy urban streets make other modes of transportation unpleasant or unsafe. What might that encourage people to do, to get around?

Alex Pareene
Apr 26, 2022
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What could go wrong? Just mix! (NYC.gov)

I had to drive a bit this weekend, which I mainly do when traveling, not in my own neighborhood. Driving in central Brooklyn is a miserable experience. The streets are choked with cars, the other drivers are terrible, the vehicles have grown too large for their lanes, especially on the two-way streets with parking…

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