So, let’s begin this journey with something as basic as one-way streets.
With one-way streets, the entire roadway width, besides eliminating opposite-direction travel on part of the street, same-direction (or current-of-traffic) vehicle movement enables same-direction parking on both sides of the street. Such a provision can make locating a parking space somewhat less encumbered and less time-consuming.
At intersections, since all traffic is going the same way, making turns, especially left turns, is so much simpler. This enables traffic to flow more freely.
Pairs of one-way streets, with one street designated for traffic travel in one direction – say, north, and with the
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