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Originally Posted by Shazam
They're not grids. Grids are considered unsafe because drivers find it easy to speed on them.
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They are grid-like, not grids. The only reason grids would be unsafe is because the roads are too open to allow people to speed. Using traffic calming and intersection treatments like roundabouts will slow cars down too. Go look at newer communities like Redstone or Livingston to see how different the road networks are compared to any community built in the early 2000s. The older communities made intentionally circtuitous routes which increases travel times for regular users and makes transit routes less viable. Lot sizes are more variable in older communities too. The newer communities give you more direct routing to your destination and more efficiently use land too.