american-style intersections function with an order-of-magnitude higher safety and throughput and a much smaller square meter 'footprint' if they switch from 'controlled' intersections (lights, stop signs) to 'traffic beans': [0]
[0]: https://zoningverydifferentthanours.substack.com/p/a-pattern...
This gets complicated because the reason things are the way they are is _crucial_ to efficient, easy change, and the greater united states is a place obsessed with continuing _ethnic cleansing_. it's sad and tiring to exist inside of, the dehumanization caused every day, anew, by american style road networks, supremacy.
tl;dr american road networks and american zoning is two sides of the coin some groups used to accomplish 'regimes of social control', which was a mix of ethnic cleansing for some neighborhoods, and ensuring conformity for others.
Oh, and a cool data visualization project. Here's a map of most of my travel for the last few years: https://josh.works/mobility-data
polylines for daaaaaaaaaaays