On: Why cul-de-sacs are bad for your health

[stonemetal]

>One of the problems with the street layouts described here is that pedestrians have to follow the same winding routes that the cars do.

Why do they have to? I don't see why you couldn't build a more natural walking path away from the street traffic that would be less objectionable to homeowners since there wouldn't be the automotive noise and danger to children.

[alex-g → stonemetal]

That is what I and the parent comment were saying - that they ought to do this.