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		colonelspace on Oct 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's time to ban cars from Manhattan? Rem Koolhaus calls this thinking the “culture of congestion” in his 1978 book “Delirious New York”. It’s fascinating, and these ideas have all been explored before. Have multi-level streets ever worked?

maxsilver on Oct 6, 2019 [–]

> Have multi-level streets ever worked?

They work well everywhere they've ever been built. Chicago is probably the most well known example.

smileysteve on Oct 6, 2019 | [–]

San Francisco decided the opposite

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