http://www.thedeets.com/2009/04/11/run-minneapolis-drew-chowen-ave-south/ Consistently against torture. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedeets.com/2009/04/11/run-minneapolis-drew-chowen-ave-south/#comment-10294 Reuben Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:33:24 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3297#comment-10294 Don't start talking about traffic diversion in Powderhorn. I don't want that anywhere near my neighborhood. We'll do just fine with our grid, thank you. Traffic calming is a good thing, but traffic calming via outright diversion, street closings, or turning movement prohibition is like weight loss through anorexia. It's effective at meeting one measurable goal, sure, but it causes a host of other problems, and the benefits are debatable. Don’t start talking about traffic diversion in Powderhorn. I don’t want that anywhere near my neighborhood. We’ll do just fine with our grid, thank you. Traffic calming is a good thing, but traffic calming via outright diversion, street closings, or turning movement prohibition is like weight loss through anorexia. It’s effective at meeting one measurable goal, sure, but it causes a host of other problems, and the benefits are debatable.

]]> http://www.thedeets.com/2009/04/11/run-minneapolis-drew-chowen-ave-south/#comment-10288 jameser612 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:45:20 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3297#comment-10288 abe lincoln? my 1st thought was conan o'brien, but maybe that's cuzza the reddish color of the "hair", and because it'd be hilarious for somebody to have a chainsaw carving of conan o'brien in their yard. abe lincoln? my 1st thought was conan o’brien, but maybe
that’s cuzza the reddish color of the “hair”, and because it’d
be hilarious for somebody to have a chainsaw carving of
conan o’brien in their yard.

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