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Originally Posted by spiderplant
Bingo! That's exactly why it reduces congestion.
It's the same reason they impose 40, 50 or 60mph limits on congested motorways. You can pack more cars into the same space if they go slower.
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Here in Warrington we had planters installed on one of the roads, the out come was it moved all of the cars on to the only other road that could be used. The outcome of that was that the traffic was nose to tail from 07:30 till 17:30
They also reduced the speed on that only other road as well, not that it mattered as cars were nose to tail anyway.
Monitoring of the air provided information that showed that the congestion created increased the air pollution. In addition there was more rear end shunts. The council said they had decided to remove it 12 months later having listened to locals. However it came out that the Government had decided not to fund the project going forward.
The out come is that as everyone had said in the beginning they did it just to claim the funds from the Government
Part of the council statement on removal
“With government funding now withdrawn for new LTN schemes, it’s about looking to the future and identifying new ways of cutting the number of cars on our roads, reducing air pollution and protecting the health of our people and our planet. This work will continue and will need to be shaped by national guidance, policy and legislation.”
https://www.warrington.gov.uk/central-6-streets-plan