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There are perhaps over 20,000 road diets in the United States, with another 500-1,000 being conducted each year.
The city in North America with the greatest number of road diets (over 50) is San Francisco, with 4 to 6 road diets added each year. The city with the greatest number of road diets, per capita, is Hartford, Connecticut (12). Retail merchants in Seattle are now some of the strongest proponents for these projects, since reduced travel speeds allow for easier and safer parking, improve store access and boost overall walking and livability conditions in neighborhoods, all of which lead to improved commerce.
Palo Alto, California has studied reducing the number of vehicle travel lanes to reduce traffic impacts on some of its busiest streets since adopting a new Comprehensive Plan in 1998. Design plans were made to reduce the total number of travel lanes from four to two on Embarcadero Rd and Middlefield Rd in the early 2000s, but were never brought to the city council for approval. Lane reductions were approved and then implemented on Charleston Rd in 2006, Arastadero Rd in 2010, and Deer Creek Rd in 2011.
The city of Seattle has implemented Road Diets over the past few years, and was able to boost its ranking from 6th to 2nd highest traffic rates in the US.
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