{"id":1102,"date":"2010-06-27T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T16:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/1102"},"modified":"2010-06-27T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T16:24:57","slug":"to-cul-de-sac-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/1102","title":{"rendered":"To Cul-de-sac or not?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Seattle Transit Blog<\/a>, a discussion of the effect of cul-de-sacs on walkability. <\/p>\n

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We\u2019re living out in rural southern Wisconsin, so these issues don\u2019t really affect us in any way. However, we\u2019ve lived in suburban areas for a few years, and always enjoyed the areas that had more connectivity for walking and biking than those that did not. I\u2019m not saying that a \u201cgrid\u201d pattern is better, but leaving green space for walking\/biking trails between cul-de-sac areas seems like something that should be part of every community development plan these days. <\/p>\n

We enjoyed the suburban areas we walked in a lot more when there was some walking variety. Not the same street, same neighbor, same dilapidated porch, etc. Our first home was suburban-rural and only had a few walking options. It wasn\u2019t nearly as much fun to walk there routinely as when we lived in Bellevue, Washington for a few years. <\/p>\n

(I\u2019m intentionally ignoring part of the blog-post\u2019s issues that were raised regarding convenience factors of living on a grid-based road system).<\/p>\n

Read<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Seattle Transit Blog, a discussion of the effect of cul-de-sacs on walkability. We\u2019re living out in rural southern Wisconsin, so these issues don\u2019t really affect us in any way. 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