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January 27, 2026

Why some cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design

  • Transportation planners view the step as one of the easiest ways to improve safety and draw visitors downtown.
    • By JEFF McMURRAY
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Michael Conroy [enlarge]
    Cars make their way onto the recently converted two-way portion of Michigan Street in Indianapolis, part of the city’s ongoing $60 million conversion effort.

    Excessive speeding was so common on parallel one-way streets passing a massive electronics plant that Indianapolis residents used to refer to the pair as a “racetrack” akin to the city's famous Motor Speedway a few miles west.


     
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