Sunday Video: The Reason Our Streets Switched To Cul-De-Sacs
https://youtu.be/d9vDcfH03gs
Dave Amos charts the American change from connected grids to the rise of cul-de-sacs, and what’s now being done to counteract their pitfalls.
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