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I still see lots of people who are willing to disregard these signs, though. For example on Channing at Roosevelt I see people cut through daily.

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In Chicago they solve that problem neatly by installing planters across the street at these points, thereby making it impossible for cars to disregard. There are a lot fewer of these, though - usually just in the immediate proximity of schools.

Clever use of one-way streets and stop signs also helps, and effectively reduces the load of cars moving through the neighborhood at high speed to just the white ones with blue lights on top.

I am sure you are right, but as a long time resident, I think this is the trees not the forest -- I would estimate these barriers reduce 95-99% of the car traffic through them, even if someone cutting through is indeed a daily occurrence. Most are quite intimidating, many are totally impassable or require significant ground clearance.

SUVs and crossovers are becoming more popular by the day, so this might be more of a problem than people imagine. I wonder if there is a way to discourage cars with high ground clearance--a rollover hazard, perhaps?

Good lord that looks awful. I would cut that every day, too, instead of having to circle around four blocks just to move ten feet.

The mean detour caused by this break for non-contrived trips is 1 block, which in this case is about 450 ft. You can't stand to go an extra 450 ft in a car?

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