Another voice explaining the value of a well-connected community (you'll notice the familiar swirl of Franklin's streets in the leftmost illustration). Should have aimed the stimulus applications in this direction.
"The hidden perils of poorly-connected streets, or why I’m afraid of German Shepherds".
This is very timely. Yesterday I was talking to someone about walking the streets of Franklin. She lives down off of 35th and Forest Hill. She said she took a bike ride and went a mile from her home and actually got lost. Can you believe it? Lost in your own backyard.
The entanglement of streets is so ridiculous in that area it's beyond description.
Posted by: Janet Evans | March 21, 2009 at 01:44 PM
I remember doing for a run in the subdivision across Drexel from my house and getting hopelessly lost. I also remember wrenching my ankle in that same subdivision and needing to hobble home - 1/2 miles as the crow flies, but about 2.5 miles on streets that swirled and banked AWAY from where I needed to go before curving back.
Made for vehicles and nothing else.
Posted by: John Michlig | March 21, 2009 at 02:47 PM
GOING for a run ... ("doing for a run"?)
Posted by: John Michlig | March 22, 2009 at 09:53 AM