Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)
Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 03/02/07 12:05, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Ron Johnson wrote:
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>>> On 03/01/07 19:16, Paul Johnson wrote:
>>>> Ron Johnson wrote:
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>>>>> On 03/01/07 15:51, Joe Hart wrote:
>>>>>> Steve Lamb wrote:
>>>>>>> Joe Hart wrote:
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>>>> Transfer to the correct one? Good transit systems work on a
>>>> radial-grid pattern, not parallel lines.
>>> Radial grid?
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>> Grid pattern with some extra crosstown routes running radial from the
>> center of population.
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> I still don't see how you *radiate* (which is what you do from the
> center of a circle/sphere) from the center of a rectangle (which has
> parallel lines).
Most cities have a grid street layout and have a population center like
Downtown. Some cities have historic roads that don't fall into the grid
pattern built before the city expanded that far out, frequently leading
straight into city center, railroad and light rail lines also frequently do
not follow the street grid.
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