This idea to create art in the streets to slow traffic, as opposed to more expensive and conventional measures, made it into The New York Times Magazine’s segment, The 6th Annual Year in Ideas.

I know I slow down,” says Lillian Hsu of the Cambridge Arts Council, which ran the mural-selection process. “There's something in the road, so there's a moment of confusion and you slow down. Then you see it's flat, and you drive over it.”

This could easily be done at various tricky intersections throughout the city.

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