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Originally Posted by timun
Mazrim, do you work in neighbourhood development? Curious what your thoughts are on the idea that the "curvilinear" model was 'better' from a land-use standpoint because if you look at the aggregate land usage they actually used less space on roadways. I remember reading some literature about the "grid" design and one of the chief arguments for moving away from it in the '60s was the idea that a grid—especially with alleys—used a far higher proportion of the developable land on roads.
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Nah, I've purposely avoided neighbourhood development! I'm just repeating what I've been told in the past, and I believe Bunk has talked about this topic here on CP in the past. I know there are older communities that have curvilinear roads and alleys, so apparently it's not always the first choice to omit them. I don't have any math handy to support it, but I'm willing to bet that even with alleys, the overall lot counts are very similar due to shrinking lot sizes over the years.