The traditional suburban street design of winding roads and cul-de-sacs is just as responsible for U.S. car dependency as the distances created by sprawl, according to new Yale research.

Valuy@lemmy.zip · edit-2 1 day ago

The traditional suburban street design of winding roads and cul-de-sacs is just as responsible for U.S. car dependency as the distances created by sprawl, according to new Yale research.

Serinus@lemmy.world · 22 hours ago

I’d rather take the extra 2 minute walk out of my neighborhood than live in a street with bus traffic.

There are things to be fixed. The grocery store is a 15 minute walk (one way) IF I trespass through a neighbor’s yard and hop a large fence. So instead it’s half an hour each way.

There is no public transit to speak of here, cul-de-sac or not.

I just think this anti cul-de-sac take is extreme.

The traditional suburban street design of winding roads and cul-de-sacs is just as responsible for U.S. car dependency as the distances created by sprawl, according to new Yale research.

The traditional suburban street design of winding roads and cul-de-sacs is just as responsible for U.S. car dependency as the distances created by sprawl, according to new Yale research.

The Suburban Street Design That’s Been Driving Emissions Since WWII