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Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians have all started noticing the new medians, green crosswalks, and angled parking spots on Broadway Boulevard between 31st and 43rd streets in Midtown Kansas City, Missouri.

The city calls this new design a road diet.

"This has been a four-lane racetrack," said Mark Dodd, of Big Dude's Music City, located at 38th Street and Broadway Boulevard.

The road diet slims that racetrack down. Instead of five lanes of traffic, there's now one lane of travel in each direction, with a turn lane in the middle, parking on the sides and bike lanes.

"I was scratching my head, thinking, who was the brainchild behind this? But I'm starting to appreciate it," Dodd admitted.

However, there seems to be a bit of confusion.

People have pos

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