[lbo-talk] is law enforcement a way to raise money for localeconomies?

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Thu May 10 19:46:46 PDT 2012


On Fri, 11 May 2012 02:32:12 +0000 (UTC) 123hop at comcast.net wrote:


> Probably the most unsafe place in California is Berkeley, where 90%
> of the streets forbid vehicular traffic through the use of street
> barriers. This moves all vehicular traffic unto about four arteries,
> mostly two-lanes streets, which the 50,000 people driving to and from
> UC Berkeley are forced to use.

There are really only two effective ways to make streets safer:

1) Slower speeds 2) Fewer cars

Ideally, of course, both.

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