To Grid Or Not To Grid, That is the Question

 

To Grid Or Not To Grid - That is the Question

An interesting article by city planner Pete Pointer, FAICP, ALA, ITE on the grid system in city development in the Journal of City Development.

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Having grown up in the midwest I am a grid guy. There is nothing wrong with some curvilinear streets and cul de sacs to give our urban landscape a little diversity. But they should connect back into a logical grid and not just meander aimlessly. And good planning demands that cities and counties examine their grids, and prepare a plan that proposes to connect and realign roads to complete a logical grid.

More on Grids Below

2. Grid plan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_plan

   A simple grid plan road map (Windermere, Florida). ... Perhaps the most well-knowngrid system is that spread through the colonies of the Roman Empire.
   

   Ancient grid plans - Roman grid - Asia from the first millennium AD
3. Milton Keynes grid road system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes_grid_road_system

   The Milton Keynes grid road system is a network of national speed limit, fully landscaped routes that form the top layer of the street hierarchy for both for private ...
4. Grid system of roads to cover length and breadth of city - The Hindu

   www.thehindu.com › Cities › Chennai

   Jun 9, 2012 – Residents of localities in all the fifteen zones not adequately covered under the grid system of roads will soon see significant improvements to ...
5. With Council's approval, work on grid system of roads to begin ...

   www.thehindu.com › Cities › Chennai

   Apr 19, 2012 – Initiative will cover 175 km of roads in all eight zones of newly added areas.
6. Human Transit: the power and pleasure of grids

   www.humantransit.org/.../the-power-and-pleasure-of-grids.ht...

   Feb 23, 2010 – In an ideal grid system, everyone is within walking distance of one .... in the case of well-funded, completed networks like paved roads, just ...

7. Images for grid system of roads

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8. Street Grid system in cities around the country - Straight Dope ...

   boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=528896

   35 posts - 29 authors - Aug 20, 2009

   The grid system works all the way down to Homestead where some of .... because there are also a numbered Drives, Roads & Places, which I ...
9. Grid system of road networks.

   www3.sympatico.ca/bobmcmu/grid_system.htm

   A description of how developers negate essential community sidewalks with arguments to make more profit.
10. Suburban areas to get world class integrated roads - Times Of India

    articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com › Collections › World Class

    Apr 19, 2012 – CHENNAI: The extended areas of the Chennai Corporation will soon get world class civic amenities as the local body has approved Rs 182 ...
11. How Grid Systems Promote Urbanism and Winding Streets ...

    streetsblog.net/.../how-grid-systems-promote-urbanism-and-wi...

    Aug 23, 2012 – Connected street systems could be grids or could be the less rationally.... has the greatest mish-mash of a road system that I have ever seen.
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