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Looking at downtown Charlotte in Google Maps, I see the typical grid pattern of other US cities, just tilted by 45 degrees. The suburbs follow a similar patter
by codewiz 3y ago
Looking at downtown Charlotte in Google Maps, I see the typical grid pattern of other US cities, just tilted by 45 degrees.
The suburbs follow a similar pattern, but appear to be at slightly different angles. I'm not sure if this would explain the even distribution of road orientations.
- roarcher 3y agoHuh? Having a bunch of roads at random angles explains the "even distribution of road orientations", by definition. How would it not? That's my point. The city is fragmented into tiny grids oriented at random angles. Wherever these grids meet, there are odd intersections and traffic patterns that are difficult to optimize.