Last week I wrote up my wanderings in Villahermosa, but I realized I left one thing out. Villahermosa is the only city I’ve ever seen with divided boulevards… where both sides go the same way.
Here’s proof:
Photo by Andre
I’ve wracked my head about this and can’t imagine any advantages to this setup. Anybody have an idea?
Prettier and keeps the cars away from each other.
Which is important when you’re driving 60 mph with a kayak on the back…
My guess is that it used to be a 2-way street, but it was changed to a 1-way street at some point in an attempt to fix some type of traffic flow issue.
Or maybe it was a 4-lane, 2-way street, but they removed 2 lanes to create parking, and turned it into a 2-lane 1-way street, as they could not widen the road.
I suspect you’re right. Probably as the city grew they switched from 2-ways to 1-ways to facilitate the flow of traffic.