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
Charlotte is made worse by road names changing frequently. Tyvola, Fairview, Rama, Idelwild are all the same road. At one point you find yourself at the intersection of Queens and Queens when you thought you were on Providence. If you are on the east side of town and want to get to the west side it's faster to go north and do a gravitational assist and slingshot by our way south than it is to just drive east to west.