It can be controversial. It can pit the wealthy against the working class: a well-off hillside neighborhood may demand that its streets be off-limits to through

It can be controversial. It can pit the wealthy against the working class: a well-off hillside neighborhood may demand that its streets be off-limits to through traffic. But this would mean that another, poorer neighborhood's residents are denied an important route to work. And the question comes up: aren't these public streets? Don't the streets belong to everyone?