tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post115281112307012072..comments2024-03-29T02:23:04.995-06:00Comments on twin city sidewalks: The Strib [Hearts] The BurbsBill Lindekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-1153189231877144962006-07-17T20:20:00.000-06:002006-07-17T20:20:00.000-06:00Well, maybe. But subdivisions such as the one show...Well, maybe. But subdivisions such as the one shown are designed by developers to maximize the number of lots and reduce costs. One way they do that is to minimize the amount of streets and intersections.<BR/><BR/>It might be true that a grid system offers more alternative routes, but it also offers more intersections, which are expensive, dangerous, and wasteful fo space. And it offer less space for housing, therby raising the prices. You have to pay for that increase in alternative routes.<BR/><BR/>In addition they increase the likeliehood of conflict between traffic flows, traffic lights, congestion, and pollution. <BR/><BR/>Grid systems used to be the norm, and we got rid of them for a reason.Hydrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798739909216490841noreply@blogger.com