Comment: Yes, these things calm traffic all right by making traffic flow even more worse than it was already.
If congestion was what you wanted to happen, then the fool behind this, achieved his goal.
Give him a raise.  The business people in Chinatown should let their feelings known to their City council
person and anyone else who will listen and can do something about Capt Kirk's Agenda 2030 ideas
on how to reduce the quality of the average working person's life in our beloved Republica Bananera.