The city of Oakland hopes a new pilot program to install temporary barricades on the side streets along its known sex trafficking boulevard , known as The Blade, will help to curb street prostitution. Oakland City Council member for District 2, Charlene Wang, has proposed installing the barriers along International Boulevard near 14th avenue in hopes of preventing Johns from having access to sex workers . “This pilot proposal is essentially to put up some water-filled traffic barriers along the streets of 9th, 10th and 11th Avenue off of International Boulevard,” Wang told KTVU , about the area near a health clinic and an elementary school. Wang said the idea would be to block the side streets and essentially push the illegal activity out onto the main road, making it easier for police to crack down on people paying for sex . The city of Oakland hopes a new pilot program to install temporary barricades will stop street prostitution.…