On Mon, 28 Aug 1995, Bill London wrote:
> How can we turn our street into a pair of cul-de-sacs?
> I'm interested in information about doing just that--adding
> car-stopping islands to the middle of a long residential block to
> eliminate through traffic, creating two dead-end streets that meet mid-block.
> Such creative community-building has certainly been done
> elsewhere. I would like any information on where, what process other
> cities have established to do that, mechanisms to pay for the changes
> (like Local Improvement Districts, etc), or anything else remotely relevant.
> One big question--does anyone know of research indicating that
> the homes on streets where the through traffic is blocked increase in
> value because of the enhancement?
> Please let me know. 882-0127 or by return email. Thanks BL
>