One of our local major surface streets went through this, but it was sold as helping make it more of a trendy shopping/market street. 4 lanes (2+2) reduced to

One of our local major surface streets went through this, but it was sold as helping make it more of a trendy shopping/market street. 4 lanes (2+2) reduced to 3 (1+1+turning). People have been fawning over the proposal for years, and are only now realizing what a disaster it is. And the businesses that thought they were getting a boost, end up with traffic counts cut by more than half, since people now avoid the purposely created congestion.