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Visualizing the Hidden ‘Logic’ of Cities
Some cities’ roads follow regimented grids. Others twist and turn. See it all on one chart.
By July 26, 2018, 12:21 PM MS
In Chicago or Beijing, any given street is likely to take you north, south, east, or west. But good luck following the compass in Rome or Boston, where streets grew up organically and seemingly twist and and turn at random.
Geoff Boeing calls this structure the “logic” of a city, and he would know: An urban planning scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, Boeing developed a tool to let anyone visualize this urban logic in seconds.
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