• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    but the point is that by not organizing it into a grid at the local level, drivers aren’t going to cut through a low speed local street, keeping those streets less polluted and safer.

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      3 hours ago

      I mean, there’s more options than just tree or grid, and if it’s not strictly a tree the fastest route from A to B could be something small again. And of course trees have their own issues, like what happens if you need to get from one leaf to another that’s nearby, but only as the crow flies.

      That example about having to move aside for a car going through a narrow European street was something I’ve actually experienced. Maybe it’s just my Canadian brain but it felt unsafe.