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[...] In mid-January, the borough’s police force will close 60 streets to all drivers aside from residents and people employed in the borough during the morning and afternoon rush periods, effectively taking most of the town out of circulation for the popular traffic apps — and for everyone else, for that matter.
[...] While a number of communities have devised strategies like turn restrictions and speed humps that affect all motorists, Leonia’s move may be the most extreme response.
[...] Borough officials say their measure is legal, although it may yet get tested in court. Some traffic engineers and elected officials elsewhere say the move may set a precedent that could encourage towns to summarily restrict public access to outsiders.
Source: Navigation Apps Are Turning Quiet Neighborhoods Into Traffic Nightmares
Also: New Jersey town will close streets to fight navigation app traffic
(Score: 2) by http on Wednesday December 27 2017, @06:55PM (1 child)
It's not clear from the rest of this thread why you've got such a blinding hate-on for planners, engineers, and councillors - only that it's blinding you. It's really hard, politically and financially, to put a main road directly through an established residential neighbourhood. Impossible, if it's rich. You're asking a bit much of the baby-kissing pencil pushers to re-write history.
I browse at -1 when I have mod points. It's unsettling.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday December 28 2017, @01:34AM
No, it's not that hard. It's called "eminent domain": if century-old crap is in the way, you exercise eminent domain, buy up the properties, bulldoze them, and build a new road. It happens all the time in various jurisdictions, even here in the US. Not using this tool when it's appropriate is a failure of local government.