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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Jul 26 10:20:05 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 25 19:11:23 2007. True, but you're forgetting one thing. While it is true there were fewer lights on the local roads back then, it is also true that most of them have since been improved. I'm talking specifically of widening at intersections to permit easier right and left turns, rather than widening for their entire length. Now traffic on these roads like Old Country Road, for example, even where it is only two lanes wide is not that bad because capacity has been increased at the intersections. Back in the 30's, I suspect, long back ups at the the traffic lights on peak days. So it wasn't a case of just stopping for the light. It was a case of stopping and waiting and waiting and waiting for the light, (not to mention the slow downs for turns and blind driveways, etc.) so I think they were much slower than the parkways which probably still moved along at a steady 20 mph when they were crowded. |
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