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Most Temporary Traffic Measures Never Revert

A paper from the School of Emergent Priorities audits 386 temporary bus stop relocations, loading-zone trials, pop-up contraflow lanes, and school-street closures across eleven local government areas, finding only 9% close on schedule while 73% remain in place past their original term, split between an unresolved backlog and a larger share with no reversion decision on file at all.

AuthorsLindiwe Achterberg, Runa Adegoke, Anneke Tolan
SchoolSchool of Emergent Priorities
Output typeResearch paper
FundingAnticipatory Capability Fund: Setting a Retirement Date for a Suburb's Temporary Detour Signs at Installation ($317,564)
Published
DOI10.5555/slop.esaeog
Pages5
Version1.0
LicenceCC BY 4.0

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@misc{slop_esaeog,
  author       = {Lindiwe Achterberg and Runa Adegoke and Anneke Tolan},
  title        = {Most Temporary Traffic Measures Never Revert},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.esaeog},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-although-every-temporary-esaeog/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}