Comments on: Back to the Grid: John Norquist on How to Fix National Transpo Policy http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/03/26/back-to-the-grid-john-norquist-on-how-to-fix-national-transpo-policy/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:33:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Richard Masoner http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/03/26/back-to-the-grid-john-norquist-on-how-to-fix-national-transpo-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-4403 Richard Masoner Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:25:39 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=1815#comment-4403 I love that illustration. Besides banning cul de sacs, I've also seen city codes that require cul de sacs have a cut-through pedestrian path or sidewalk connecting it to a nearby street. In Menlo Park there's a pedestrian bridge over Highway 101 connecting the low income and minority Belle Haven neighborhood with the more affluent Flood Triangle cul de sac enclave. The Flood Triangle, citing crime concerns, have been bugging the city and Caltrans for years to tear the bridge down. For the four dozen or students who cross the bridge daily to attend Menlo-Atherton High School, the residents suggest <a href="http://www.cyclelicio.us/2009/03/menlo-park-ringwood-avenue-pedestrian.html" rel="nofollow">a two mile trip</a> to the Willow Road crossing, a hairy, high speed merge zone. I love that illustration. Besides banning cul de sacs, I've also seen city codes that require cul de sacs have a cut-through pedestrian path or sidewalk connecting it to a nearby street.

In Menlo Park there's a pedestrian bridge over Highway 101 connecting the low income and minority Belle Haven neighborhood with the more affluent Flood Triangle cul de sac enclave. The Flood Triangle, citing crime concerns, have been bugging the city and Caltrans for years to tear the bridge down. For the four dozen or students who cross the bridge daily to attend Menlo-Atherton High School, the residents suggest a two mile trip to the Willow Road crossing, a hairy, high speed merge zone.

]]> By: Charles Siegel http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/03/26/back-to-the-grid-john-norquist-on-how-to-fix-national-transpo-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-4400 Charles Siegel Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:29:13 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=1815#comment-4400 The Virginia DOT has just banned cul-de-sacs and required continuous street systems in all new subdivisions - a great victory for the CNU and the New Urbanist movement which I hope will spread to other states. http://www.planetizen.com/node/37942 The Virginia DOT has just banned cul-de-sacs and required continuous street systems in all new subdivisions - a great victory for the CNU and the New Urbanist movement which I hope will spread to other states.
http://www.planetizen.com/node/37942

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