Street Grids

[Triton]

Was reading this article the other day because I find it fascinating that a neighborhood like mine has a grid pattern to it while my family that lives in Pearland seems to go all over the place with cul-de-sacs galore:

 

https://chrisnorstrom.com/2011/10/invention-the-liquid-grid-street-layout-a-replacement-for-cul-de-sacs-block-grids/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It talks about how the street grids have evolved over time. Anyone else wish we returned to street grids? I think the worst currently right now are these long narrow roads with townhomes built along them. Think 30 years from now when no one is taking care of them, they're going to be the dreaded places to live.

 

 

Any thoughts? 

[cspwal]

The streets in 4th ward do seem way narrower than a lot of other streets.  Is the ROW that much narrower?  Or did they just not make the street as wide?

I like the concept of the liquid grid in the article, but I wonder if it might increase street racing some because corners

[JLWM8609]

Riverside Terrace is a good example of the transition from grid to curvilinear streets. East of 288, once you cross Blodgett and more so when you cross Southmore, the Third Ward grid transforms. The transformation is in line with the southern edge of the neighborhood being developed later than the northern edge.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7190926,-95.3639526,15.25z

 

Parts of Riverside already have some blocks that resemble the liquid grid. They do so as a result of the neighborhood streets following the curve of S. MacGregor which is following the curve of Brays Bayou. You can see it on Parkwood, Charleston, Ozark, and Tampa between Bowling Green and Del Rio. https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7066323,-95.3689262,17z

 

Then it's seen again on the other side of Scott St. on Charleston, Roseneath, Fernwood, and Cullen.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7067387,-95.3500204,16.25z

 

[samagon]

good read, not a bad idea. 

 

you could also do exactly the same thing with a 'herringbone grid'. 

 

it would be more efficient for builders to stamp out housing in the most efficient manner possible, while still slowing down traffic, but traffic isn't really slowed that much because everything would be 3 way stops. cutting through neighborhoods would be discouraged for the same reason.