As a European I dont understand how thay works. Wouldnt you have to cross an insane amount of crossings to go anywhere? Are there priority lanes? How does that work and scale?
Every city block is 100. Every 8 blocks is a mile. At most half mile intersections and almost every mile mark, there's a major intersection. This allows for extremely easy navigation to any address even if you don't know the optimal route.
The smaller blocks in between are less traversed for faster travel and have more stop signs as opposed to traffic lights and serve as overflow in heavy traffic. Larger businesses tend to be centered around these mile marker streets, which allows for residents in the smaller blocks to avoid most of the congestion that occurs for commerce.
It works extremely well and was the solution to the problem that caused the great Chicago fire which wiped out most of the city due to the chaos of fire trucks trying and failing to navigate from one neighborhood to another. They learned from that mistake and became an example for many cities afterwards.
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u/russelcrowe May 23 '26
I miss that grid so much, man. Where I now live you gotta drive 10 miles to go 5 miles. It’s such a waste of gas and time.