Why not build medians between intersections and leave cross streets open – at least to left turning traffic?
One block medians have the benefit of separating opposing traffic streams and eliminating mid-block left turns. Additional benefits are gained, however, when the medians are more than one block long. The further reduced left turn locations will result in fewer crashes. The wide median provides a pedestrian refuge at the intersections that have a median through them. Also, because the left turn lanes would be back-to-back, the resulting six foot wide median would not be sufficient to allow plantings or other vertical features that are most important for a traffic calming effect.
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