source: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/15uz539/city_street_network_orientation/
From the post:
Urban spatial order: street network orientation, configuration, and entropy
By: Geoff Boeing
This study examines street network orientation, configuration, and entropy in 100 cities around the world using OpenStreetMap data and OSMnx.
See full paper: https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s41109-019-0189-1
Denver’s entire downtown is a 45 degree slant from the rest of the city so the image is questionable…
Yeah, that was one of the first things I noticed. I thought I might have remembered incorrectly.
Washington is a nice planned grid with lots of annoying diagonal avenues that don’t seem to be represented.