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Also having curvy streets can help slow down traffic in quiet residential areas. If the flat terrain is bisected by a river, the streets may be curved to parallel the course of the river.
Because back in the day, there were lots of lonely, shy, male planners living in cold climates. They didn’t have access to omnipresent pornography like today. The women they saw on the street were covered in thick winter coats from head to toe. If these guys were married, their marital obligations took place with the lights turned out, for a few-minute stretch, once each month. The bed springs would creak briefly, and then all would be silent. And when these guys sat down at their desks at their dull jobs, the mere thought of a curvy line on a map would incite their passions. They would almost drool on their drafting tables, hearts pumping hot blood through their veins, clutching their drafting pencils as they quivered, hunched over their diagrams as tingling sensations went throughout their bodies, careful to conceal their laps from onlookers who might detect changes in shapes in their trousers. Sometimes these men were known to take their maps of curved streets home with them. As their wives lay asleep in bed, the men would tiptoe down to their basements at stare at those luscious curves on the maps in the dim light for hours. Sometimes the men would fall asleep, embracing their maps tightly, only to awake in embarrassment and guilt in the morning.
Because back in the day, there were lots of lonely, shy, male planners living in cold climates. They didn’t have access to omnipresent pornography like today. The women they saw on the street were covered in thick winter coats from head to toe. If these guys were married, their marital obligations took place with the lights turned out, for a few-minute stretch, once each month. The bed springs would creak briefly, and then all would be silent. And when these guys sat down at their desks at their dull jobs, the mere thought of a curvy line on a map would incite their passions. They would almost drool on their drafting tables, hearts pumping hot blood through their veins, clutching their drafting pencils as they quivered, hunched over their diagrams as tingling sensations went throughout their bodies, careful to conceal their laps from onlookers who might detect changes in shapes in their trousers. Sometimes these men were known to take their maps of curved streets home with them. As their wives lay asleep in bed, the men would tiptoe down to their basements at stare at those luscious curves on the maps in the dim light for hours. Sometimes the men would fall asleep, embracing their maps tightly, only to awake in embarrassment and guilt in the morning.
So----how IS that creative writing class going?
The second post was correct: curved streets are just more appealing than straight ons.
I would prefer a straight grid than a curved street. One thing is that it is easier to navigate.
Very few parcels that are developed are rectangular enough to allow for consistent straight grids. So streets are curved to accomodate the maximum number of lots on the given parcel. Also it isn't as boring and gives the community 'personality'
I would prefer a straight grid than a curved street. One thing is that it is easier to navigate.
Most of older towns have curvy streets. Most towns in the US are a grid.
The grid system isn't as efficient or aesthetic as it may seem. First of all, you need to know cardinal directions in a city which is hard when you don't know it, is overcast or night. Grids are easier to learn if you're not familiar with the city, but they don't guarantee efficiency.
Secondly, just about any street in residential areas on the grid could become a main artery during rush hour. This makes for bad neighborhoods because people want to live on quiet streets, not streets filled with traffic. Grid system in a residential neighborhood look somehow industrial and not inviting. Curvy street in a residential areas are more appealing, they slow down traffic too. Those windy streets are a lot nicer to look at than pavement to the horizon walled by cookie-cutter houses.
Cities like London have perfectly navigable streets without a grid system. It's more a matter of how the streets "make sense" with each other.
Curved streets make your arms and the steering wheel too fatigue because it's unnatural being always on tension
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