Forces car dependent culture.
Once you are not in the city it is already accepted.


Good planning involves roads that pass through - grids are generally best as they are porous and traffic can meander through.


Not a chance. If you don't live there you have no business driving through there.


Extensive dead ends force traffic to collect on high volume arterials that clog easily and make commutes miserable.


Then you shouldn't have been wandering around. A housing development is not there for your cut-through pleasure, it is for people to live as quietly and safely as possible. With the kids playing in front of the house and even in the street without worrying about you driving through in a hurry.


Standard urban planning practice is totally fucked.


Except this is NOT urban.


Key mistakes - cul de sacs funnel traffic towards jams on arterials.


No, that is a key design goal. Stay away unless you live on the block.



Edit: Given the extensive road blockage as a result of our major storm, one will come to appreciate the importance of alternate routes. Image a few downed trees and you can see how that layout is a disaster in a disaster.


20 years of enjoyable use with a few days of hassle is a perfectly good trade-off for me.