Trails

[ijmorlan]

This kind of thing is basically ubiquitous in the Netherlands, virtually every residential street is disconnected in this way. It should be the norm. The cycle link is nice, in that it formalizes what you would already do.

It is the norm in the suburbs, just about everywhere — all those culs de sac and crescents effectively disconnect the local streets. But other aspects of the design undermine it so that overall the area is more car-oriented than downtown areas.