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Originally Posted by Mazrim
Considering that research has pointed to exactly the opposite of what you're saying, I'd love to see where you read that it was "very beneficial".
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Originally Posted by #-3
Where are these documented benefits?
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Here are a few, a mix of direct studies and fact sheets with citations:
http://www.ctrf.ca/conferences/2009V...harjee&Tay.pdf
http://www.monash.edu.au/miri/resear...s/muarc276.pdf
http://www.transportenvironment.org/.../11-01-T30.pdf
Again, I get why people don't like it. But any and all benefits pretty obviously outweigh the fact that your journey takes a little bit longer.
We could easily negate the problem of people speeding up after a playground zone by having it progress from 30, to 40 for a block or two, to 50. This too would be beneficial for traffic flow and safety I'm sure.