- Catoblepas ( @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English12•2 months ago
I might be a moron here, but I have no idea how to interpret this. Is each blue bar the proportion of streets that run in that direction? Do the ones that just have a single bar at N/E/S/W have perfectly aligned streets that only go in the cardinal directions?
- Bezier ( @Bezier@suppo.fi ) English15•2 months ago
Here’s a portion of detroit:
The city is almost entirely grid, some of it at an angle. You can see these two grids visualized in the post.
- magic_lobster_party ( @magic_lobster_party@kbin.run ) 10•2 months ago
That’s my interpretation too.
Newer cities tend to be more grid like. Older European cities tend not to follow a grid.
- YourPrivatHater ( @YourPrivatHater@ani.social ) English9•2 months ago
The more linear, the worse the traffic flow.
- Rhaedas ( @Rhaedas@fedia.io ) 4•2 months ago
Charlotte laughs at that.
- YourPrivatHater ( @YourPrivatHater@ani.social ) English1•2 months ago
Who?
- The Cuuuuube ( @Cube6392@beehaw.org ) English3•2 months ago
The city that’s the least linear. Charlotte is a constant log jam because for major metropolis cities you do actually want a directional grid specifically for making the city easy to navigate with multiple outlets for traffic to flow in the event of a conflict (break down, accident, road work, etc). A city that doesn’t prioritize navigability will be filled with culs-de-sac which are horrible for traffic and navigability
- YourPrivatHater ( @YourPrivatHater@ani.social ) English1•2 months ago
Navigation doesn’t mean you have to have a gridiron Pattern… As said, its the opposite.
- Bezier ( @Bezier@suppo.fi ) English2•2 months ago
She’s stuck in irregularly shaped traffic.
- Otte Homan - R.I.P. Geordie ( @otte_homan@theblower.au ) 0•2 months ago
@YourPrivatHater try explain that to the good peeps of Sao Paulo … Rome, etc. … @Blaze
- Lvxferre ( @lvxferre@mander.xyz ) English2•2 months ago
São Paulo city is a messy case. It started out roughly circular, then that circle was distorted into a grid plan, then that grid plan was tied to a bunch of mismatching grids. Picture related:
As such it’s hard to reach any conclusion taking its general layout into account.
- Otte Homan - R.I.P. Geordie ( @otte_homan@theblower.au ) 6•2 months ago
@lvxferre many of these cities shown here have external constraints (rivers, harbours, mountains, valleys, etc.).
- YourPrivatHater ( @YourPrivatHater@ani.social ) English1•2 months ago