Portland to Rewrite Car-Centric Street Engineering Standard

“Level of Service,” or LOS, for short, is the rather arcane engineering standard that has turned streets all over America into funnels for car traffic.
LOS ignores how streets function for cyclists and pedestrians. Photo: OregonLive
LOS is essentially a measure of traffic delay. Road projects are given a grade from “A” to “F” based on how [...]

Source: http://streetsblog.net/2012/07/31/portland-to-rewrite-car-centric-street-engineering-standard/

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