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but that could be the works IT system interfering. There was a program recently on the BBC about cities that were planned but never came to existance which was very interesting. One of the things was the City of London ion the aftermath of the Great Fire. Three architects (one was Christopher Wren) presented plans to the King and Parliament for the rebuilding of the city and the program had these plans analysed using modern traffic flow analysis. Christopher Wren's plan turned out to be the best with roads running between major centres of activity and so on. The other two plans were rather more on the grid system then natural traffic flow.
