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One-way streets are a surprisingly old (and dangerous) idea

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2 May 2015

9:00 AM

2 May 2015

9:00 AM

One-way stretch

A study at Louisville University in Kentucky concluded that collisions are twice as likely in one-way streets as in similar streets with two-way traffic.
— The one-way street is an older concept than many might imagine. Pudding Lane, where the Great Fire of London began in 1666, was one of the world’s first one-way streets.

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