by Gary Toth
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Both engineers and citizens participated in the evaluation, and the experiment was judged a resounding success at all levels. Crashes for all modes went down. Most notable was a 34 percent decline in crashes that resulted in injuries requiring a trip to the hospital. Surprisingly, crash rates even went down for motor vehicles, which is attributable to elimination of speeding by the 15 percent of the motorists who used the extra lane to dangerously weave in and out at well above the speed limit.
Cycling rates on the street increased, riding on the sidewalks decreased, pedestrians felt safer — and all of this was accomplished without reducing travel times and traffic volumes.
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BEFORE:
Spruce Street before. Photo: City of Philadelphia
AFTER:
Spruce Street after. Photo: City of Philadelphia
https://www.pps.org/blog/top-down-meets-bottom-up-on-philadelphia-streets/oldId.20111022190248661