Mardi Gras traffic flow

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but I’m sure any street that comes to to a parade route will be shut down to vehicle traffic.

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I mean, maybe the last block of the street, but that pretty much already happens.

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Not that I disagree with it but I’m sure any street that comes to to a parade route will be shut down to vehicle traffic.

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As it should be. It's a very temporary inconvenience that anyone with half a brain can avoid with a basic level of planning and thought.

Are you under the impression that parade routes are not shut down during parades?

Not anymore.

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I’m sure any street that comes to to a parade route will be shut down to vehicle traffic.

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This already happens.

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St. Charles will be closed in both directions

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This will likely happen, but might increase the number of victims if a vehicle makes it on the street, as there would be no slow-moving cars to get in the way. The lake side of St Charles surely has more pedestrians on big parade days than Bourbon did at 3am.

There's no practical way to harden the whole parade route and block every intersection with a truck-proof barricade, then reopen to traffic right after a parade. Not to mention folks let people pay to park in their driveways. Air bnb's on either side of the the route would make it easy to pre-stage a truck.

If paranoid, I suppose the risk-averse move is to watch on the sidewalk side surrounded by oak trees, but we'll be at our usual spot on the Napoleon neutral ground.