Cul-de-sacs

Courtesy AustinContrarian  Sun, 03/08/2009 - 5:50pm

Ryan Avent explains one theory why suburban developments are marked by disconnected streets and cul-de-sacs:

The logic behind cul-de-sacs is easy to understand.

Roads in suburbs, unlike roads in cities, are for personal automobiles and personal automobiles only — there is no sense of a mode sharing role for the streets.

As such, neighborhoods feel the need to carve out special streets for playing. But when a development does this, is redirects more traffic elsewhere.

This encourages developments...



 

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