| The two main features of Milton Keynes
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| | necessary and in the meantime planted with
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| which distinguish it from older towns
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| | yet more shrubs. The heavy
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| are:1)The town was built with motor
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| | landscaping,while providing a "woodland"
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| vehicles in mind and so has a structured
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| | feel to the whole town also has a more
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| road network.2)A significant amount of
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| | practical purpose in helping to screen out
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| land was set aside for green space, from
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| | the noise and sight of the roads from the
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| the extensive network of park land to the
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| | quieter areas behind.RoundaboutsThe
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| sizeable margins planted with trees and
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| | intersection of major routes is always a
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| shrubs by the side of the road system.So
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| | problem and traffic lights are usually the
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| why this article?Milton Keynes is my home,
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| | result. Because of the fairly even flow
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| not a place I am forced to live, but where
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| | of traffic along the grid roads of the
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| I live from choice. It is not a vast
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| | city,one route is not very much more
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| metropolis like London with all the things
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| | dominant than another, roundabouts
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| that such a city has to offer, or a quaint
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| | [traffic circles] were the ideal solution.
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| old English town. It is simply a
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| | Traffic flows in a even manner, meshing
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| provincial town of 200,000 people in the
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| | together at the junctions by means of the
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| corner of Buckinghamshire with the most
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| | roundabouts without the inevitable
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| astonishing expanse of parks, lakes, and
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| | "bunching" caused by traffic lights. In
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| modern facilities.This article is born
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| | fact the only main occurrence of traffic
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| from the frustration of the town being the
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| | lights in the city are those next to the
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| butt end of every joke that is supposed to
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| | main shopping center itself.This of course
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| symbolise a place not to live. This is a
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| | means that there are a LOT of roundabouts.
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| self sustaining myth that is passed around
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| | Since, however, these roundabouts are
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| between people that haven't even been
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| | LARGE (not little painted white dots that
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| here.The public opinion of this town is
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| | are put in towns as an afterthought) the
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| developed from ignorance and an onslaught
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| | movements of other road users are easy to
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| of misinformation.This is an attempt to
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| | anticipate, making the negotiation of each
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| educate.
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| | junction a smooth, relatively unhindered
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| The names of the regions of Milton Keynes
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| | operation.SpeedThese main thoroughfares
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| come from three main sources:1)Original
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| | allow for the easy movement of cars around
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| village.The name of the village
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| | the city (speed limits are the national
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| incorporated into the area.
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| | limit of 60 mile per hour on the single
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| 2)Field name upon which the area is
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| | carriageway and 70 on the dual). As soon
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| built.
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| | as a driver turns off the "grid" the local
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| 3)Name of the farm now lying within the
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| | areas have a speed limit of 30 miles per
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| region.The principle road network in
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| | hour as is usual for areas of housing and
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| Milton Keynes is simply that...a net like
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| | pedestrians. Traffic "calming" devices
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| grid. The reason is to distribute traffic
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| | such as ramps are also used, especially
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| so that no one route is necessarily more
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| | where a path or redway crosses such a
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| preferable than the other (to get from one
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| | local road.Local RoadsAway from the grid
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| corner of the city to the other there are
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| | roads,each area of Milton Keynes has a
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| many permutations on the number of
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| | local road system which is often more
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| possible routes). This is a common enough
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| | "meandering". Pedestrians, cyclists,
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| concept in cities in the US, but in
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| | horse riders, and local traffic are
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| Britain most of the road layouts within
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| | protected when crossing the grid roads by
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| towns were established before cars were
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| | underpasses or bridges. Each length of
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| invented.The roads divide the city up into
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| | grid road (between roundabouts) usually
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| approximately 1 kilometre squares, most of
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| | has two or more such crossings.RedwaysA
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| the names of which are taken from an
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| | pedestrian and cycle way network crossing
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| historical element from within the square.
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| | the city for 250 kilometres. They are
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| These roads are only for moving around
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| | called "Redways" because of their red
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| the city,and have no frontage development.
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| | asphalt surface,however where they travel
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| Instead they are heavily landscaped. To
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| | though the parks they have a more rural
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| gain access to anything in Milton Keynes
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| | brown gravel surface.Bridle waysThere are
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| the grid roads have turnings onto "Local"
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| | a large number of bridle paths running
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| roads.The roads of the grid are named and
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| | through the city,mostly following the
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| numbered so that the "vertical" (roughly
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| | linear parks,which also connect to rural
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| north - south) roads are named as
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| | bridle ways outside of the city. These
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| "Streets", the Roman road of Watling
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| | are either sand or wood chipping surfaces.
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| Street is one of these, and have numbers
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| | In places where there is a livestock
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| beginning with V.Watling street is V4. The
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| | boundary within the parks, and so a gate
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| "Horizontal", roughly west - east, are
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| | is necessary (the cyclists have a small
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| numbered H and are named "Ways". Ridgeway
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| | cattle grid), mounting/dismounting steps
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| [H1] and Portway [H5] roughly follow the
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| | are often nearby.CanalThe Grand Union
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| routes of ancient tracks of the same
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| | Canal a 12 mile section of the canal runs
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| names.LandscapingAll the Grid Roads are
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| | though the middle of the city from the
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| lined with large grass verges, hedgerows,
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| | Iron Trunk Aqueduct in the north (before
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| shrubs, and trees. Where the roads are
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| | bridge number 68) to bridge number 99 in
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| only single carriageway,space is allowed
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| | the south. Now used by pleasure boats.
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| to upgrade to dual should it ever be
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