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"the first example I read of the value of a grid actually used Old town alexandria."

Even in Old Town, streets that should be part of the interconnected grid are blocked off. I live in the quadrant south of Duke and west of Route 1.

It should be relatively easy for me to get into my neighborhood, except that just north of me is a Condo Complex that decided it wanted to block off all traffic on it's streets except to it's residents.

So, to get to my house I'm forced to sit in the daily nightmare that is Duke St. and Route 1 - even though my house is less than a quarter of a mile away at that point. This adds, at a minimum, 5 minutes to my trip, which regularly (every week and a half or so) increases to 15 minutes, and has maxed out at around 45 minutes.

The point being, even when people can see the benefits of a good grid system at work, certain elitists still want their own little private subdivisions.

by Lisse on Aug 1, 2012 1:53 pm • link • report

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