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[Benjamin Barrett]

Wikipedia talks about confusing streets in the rat running article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_running).

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One of the most extensive uses of this strategy is found in Berkeley, California, where dozens of concrete barriers throughout the city block shortcuts, while still allowing cycling. In Northern Virginia, shortcuts are discouraged by the construction of dead end streets, communities with no outlet, and winding roads designed to confuse, making navigation through the neighborhoods more difficult and time-consuming.
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Also, the article on cul-de-sac indicates that "no outlet" can be used for a cul-de-sac, not the more elaborate situation I described (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cul-de-sac).

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Aug 22, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Jeff Prucher wrote:

> Whereas in Berkeley, there are streets marked "No Outlet" that do eventually (after making a turn or three) connect to through streets; I can't even guess what "no outlet" is supposed to mean in that context. But considering the lengths that Berkeley has gone to to limit traffic on some residential streets, it's possible that they put the signs there just to reduce traffic. (The experience of unexpectedly being unable to take what appeared to be a direct route on side streets is known as "being Berkeley'd" in my ecolect.)
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> Jeff
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>> From: Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>
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>> No outlet has a different meaning in my experience. It means that while there are turns off the present road, they all tie into each other so there is literally no outlet.
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>> I know I see this in Seattle, and I probably saw it in Alaska as well.
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>> Benjamin Barrett
>> Seattle, WA
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>> On Aug 22, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>>> "No Through Street" in Saint Louis
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>>> "Street Not Through" in Los Angeles
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>>> "No Outlet" in Wilkes-Barre.

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