[BenLurkin]

Yes, but what about those that are designed and maintained as residential streets? Every city’s general plan has a circulation element. Traffic planners identify arterial routes which are widened striped and signalized for handling high volumes of traffic.

Side streets are built and maintained primarily for the use of the residents.

It ‘s not just a matter of congestion. There is also the issue of safety.

[RegulatorCountry]

I wouldn’t be happy myself, if my formerly quiet residential side street suddenly turned into a major thoroughfare.

[SkyDancer]

Well there’s a yes but in there ... unless you have a special tag that allows you on that certain street people can use them to drive to where ever they’re going. No one resident has the right to block or ban anyone from driving through there - unless there’s a legal sign not to do so.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

What they are doing in California to combat Waze is to put bumps and humps in streets. They're getting really good at making them big enough and spaced closely enough to discourage through traffic.

To my mind there is no right side or wrong side to this argument: it is a bad situation that everyone is doing their best to make a little better for themselves.

Besides roads there are other points of interest such as a city sand dune near me, long outdoor staircases that make for good workouts, steep roads that are great for skateboarding, etc. These venues were all fun when just a few people knew about them, but are now overcrowded or closed to the public.

Lots of these places will ultimately end up being tagged by losers that would have never known of their existence but for the internet. Preventing this information from getting out there by government fiat would be the wrong way to handle it, but if entrepreneurial folks in those neighborhoods can find ways to game the system in their favor and keep the hordes away, then the more power to them.

[SkyDancer]

Yeah but it’s not up to the residents to restrict whatever traffic, it’s up to some commission or road something or other to put up signage denoting a residential street. Usually side streets just wander about and are not a straight shot through. I’m just saying that the residents have to take it up with whomever is responsible for traffic safety. If individual residents take it upon themselves to somehow block road access through and wind up causing an accident then they’ll be held liable.