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Narrowing lanes on 7th Street did not slow traffic

Here's the report that shows it didn't make any difference to traffic speeds. I guess the speed boost of not having stop signs ouweighs the narrower lanes.

"The measured average speed in this area is 27mph with an eighty-fifth percentile speed of nearly 32mph. The measured speeds are higher than desired and suggest the majority of drivers are comfortable driving in 10โ€™ wide travel lanes"

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https://bloomington.in.gov/onboard/meetingFiles/download?meetingFile_id=11610#page=3

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Should've gone down to 9' (or maybe even narrower) if they wanted it to actually work.