I've lived in both cul-de-sac hell (even pizza delivery drove there for years, it was a nightmare), and I've lived in straight grid systems, and I know where my

I've lived in both cul-de-sac hell (even pizza delivery drove there for years, it was a nightmare), and I've lived in straight grid systems, and I know where my loyalties lie. If electric cars and alternate fuels can't deliver, then public transportation is our only way out of fossil fuel dependence. And I don't envy the city planners who will have to figure out how to make a bus and train system work with a layout that looks like a small child closed his eyes and took a crayon to a piece of paper.