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jim axelrod explains. this will change life in leonia? >> it should. >> reporter: this new sign in leonia, new jersey, is a low-tech solution to a high-tech problem. >> there are approximately 60 streets that will be closed. >> reporter: a way to control the out-of-control traffic for residents like melissa soesman. how long does it take you to get out of your driveway? >> it takes ten minutes, 15 minutes. it depends who is going to be nice and how much i'm going to push up against their car. >> reporter: leonia is a town in the shadow of new york city's george washington bridge. for years whenever traffic would back up at the bridge, savvy commuters would get off the highway and take a shortcut through leonia. if you knew the secret, there were ways to beat the jam. >> stay to the right to exit 78, i willly. >> reporter: but now everyone has waze or other traffic apps that routes them through leonia. once the main streets gets clogged starts sending commuters through residential side streets. mayor judah zeigler. >> they have an app that

jim axelrod explains. >> there h change life in lee olney. >> it should. >> reporter: this new sign in low-tech solution to a high-tech problem. >> there are approximately 60 streets that are going to be controlled. >> a way to control the out of control traffic for residents like melissa. >> how long does it take you to get out of your driveway? >> depends how nice they are or how much i push. >> for years whenever t . >> reporter: leonia is a short cut from the bridge. for years whenever traffic would back up, savvy drivers would get off the bridge and take a side trip. if you knew the secret, there were ways through the jam. but now everyone has ways or other traffic apps that routes them through leonia and once the main streets get clogged starts sending commuters through residential side streets. >> because they have an app that says take a right a left, a right, a left to take a different way to a commute, they're all over every side street in this municipality. >> reporter: this is what it looks like. their plan, restrict the streets during rush hour just to leonia residents. ha

jim axelrod has more on this. >> reporter: this will change life in leonia. >> it should. >> reporteris new sign in leonia, new jersey is a low-tech solution to a high-tech problem. >> there are approximately 60 streets that are going to be closed. >> reporter: a way to control the out of control traffic, the, for residents like melissa was man, how long does it take to get out of your driveway. >> it depends, ten, 15 minutes, it depends if someone is nice. >> reporter: leonia is a one square mile town in the shadow of george washington bridge, for years whenever traffic would back up at the bridge savvy commuters would get off the highway and take a shortcut through leonia. if you knew the secrets, there was a way to beat the jam. >> stay to the right to exit 78, leonia. >> reporter: but now everyone has waze or other traffic apps that routes them through leonia and once the main streets get clogged start sending commuters through residential side streets. mayor judith. >> because they have an app that says a rights and left and right to shave three minutes do you off their commute n

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here is jim axelrod. >> reporter: these two female monkeys, wawa and xingxing are seven weeks old. 22 years ago, dolly the sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult followed by two dozen mammals, dogs, cows, pigs. scientists at chinese academy of sciences in shanghai have now cloned a primate for the very first time. dieter eggly researcher at columbia university. >> i am astonished that they were able to make this happen. >> what makes it so astonishing? >> more than 20 years we knew you could clone, sheep, horses, cats. but despite several attempts, everybody failed. when cloning monkeys. >> the chinese scientists say the gold is to create genetically identical monkeys to use in medical research in the battle against alzheimers and park in? son and have no intention of one day cloning humans. marci darnovsky runs center for genetics and society in berkeley, california. >> more than 60 countries and 15 states in the u.s. have laws on the books. saying that human reproductive cloning is illegal. >> the people for theette ka cal treatment of animals didn't waste any time. clon

jim axelrod has more on this. >> this will change the life in leoni. >> it should. >> this sign in newersey is a low tech solution to a high tech problem. >> there its approximately 60 streets closed. >> a way to control the out of control traffic for residents like melissa sousman. >> how long does it take? >> 10 minutes. 15 minutes. who is going to be nice? how much i will push against their car till they let me out. >> reporter: a one square mile town in the shadow of new york city's george washington bridge. for years, whenever traffic would back up at the bridge. savvy commuters would get off the highway and take a short cut through leonia. if you knew the secret there were ways to beat the jam. >> stay to the right to exit 78, leonia. >> reporter: now, everyone has ways. or other traffic apps that routes them through leonia. once the main streets get clogged start sending commuters through residential side streets. mayor juda siegler. >> they have an app. >> reporter:s look like on the once quiet streets of leonia. their plan. receive strict the streets during rush hour, just to

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jim axelrod shows us the town's simple new solution to cut down on all that congestion. . the town of leonia may only have 9,000 residents but its prorks empty to the george washington bridge faces traffic. drivers are using short cuts usings apps to travel through residential neighborhoods. the town is fighting back. >> reporter: this will change life in leonia. >> it should. >> reporter: this new sign in leonia, new jersey, is a low-tech solution to a high-tech problem. >> there are approximately 60 streets that are going to be closed. >> reporter: the one-square-mile town lies in the shadow of the george washington bridge. it's a small town with a big problem. for years whenever traffic would back up to the bridge, savvy commuters would get off the highway and take a shortcut through leonia if you knew the secret. >> stay to the right to exit 78 to leonia. >> you could beat the jam. but now navigation apps are sending commuters through side streets turning this quaint residential area into a parking lot. >> you've driving on quiet residential streets. it's why they liv