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Re:In L.A., One Way to Beat Traffic Runs into Backlash by dionidium on Sunday November 15, 2015 @01:54AM (#10568763)
These are all over St. Louis, but for a totally different reason: crime prevention.

* https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6280859,-90.2583063,3a,75y,2...

* https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6289577,-90.2580606,3a,75y,2...

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Re:In L.A., One Way to Beat Traffic Runs into Backlash by viraptor on Sunday November 15, 2015 @07:00AM (#10569374)
Can you explain how it's supposed to work? I mean why is it crime preventing?
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Re:In L.A., One Way to Beat Traffic Runs into Backlash by dionidium on Sunday November 15, 2015 @12:01PM (#10570161)
Here's an article that explains the theory pretty well: http://www.popcenter.org/Responses/closing_streets/print/
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