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> Traffic, according to Salit, is better today than it was 30 years ago, except that he has a plan which would make city driving a “thriving pleasure.” > “The
by twic 3y ago
> Traffic, according to Salit, is better today than it was 30 years ago, except that he has a plan which would make city driving a “thriving pleasure.”
> “The trouble is the law. They’ve got no teeth in them. What they should do is make every fourth street an express street cross town and localize it in the afternoon for deliveries. That way you wouldn’t get bottle necks.” Before he could explain “localize” Salit saw a woman walking toward his parked cab.
I imagine that "local" is the negation of "express", as with Subway services. So to localize an express street is to make it not an express street. Perhaps a sensible thing to do in the afternoon, when there is not so much traffic, but a lot of deliveries.
I don't know what he meant by an express street, though!
- ioblomov 3y agoGuessing longer green lights or maybe limited legal turns? Latter wouldn’t make as much sense though since the north-south avenues are already far fewer in number already.
- martiancookbook 3y agoMy guess is that to “localize” a street is to use it as a street - primarily for interacting with the storefronts, offices or residences along it. To make it “express” is to use it as a road - primarily for transit. Check out the Strongtowns definitions of street, roads, and stroads: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/2/15/how-to-turn-a-stroad-into-a-street-or-a-road https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/2/15/how-to-turn-a-...