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An alley or alleyway is a narrow, pedestrian lane found in urban areas which usually run between or behind buildings. In older cities and towns in Europe, alleys are often what is left of a medieval street network. In the British Isles an alley may be a right of way or ancient footpath in an urban setting. In Victorian urban development, alleys were built to allow for delivery of coal to the rear of houses. Alleys may be paved, or simply dirt tracks. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1067, 878 KB) Alley, Melbourne File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Alley ...
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The word lane has two meanings: A narrow road, usually lacking a shoulder or a median. ...
Location of the British Isles Great Britain, Ireland and several thousand smaller surrounding islands and islets form an archipelago off the northwest coast of continental Europe which is most commonly known as the British Isles. ...
In the United Kingdom, rights of way are paths on which the public have a legally-protected right to travel. ...
A country trail, formed by wheels of vehicles. ...
Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian Era of Great Britain marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...
Blind alleys have no outlet at one end.
Modern planning
Modern urban developments rarely incorporate alleys. Installation of gates to restrict alleyway access have significantly reduced burglary rates. On blocks where gates are not installed, residents sometimes erect home-made barricades at alley entrances. Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ...
A gate is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or an opening in a fence. ...
Andrés Duany, American architect, urban planner and a leader in the New Urbanism movement, an effort to end suburban sprawl, has long espoused the use of alleys as leading to a better integration of automobile and foot traffic in a neighborhood. His firm Duany Plater-Zyberk (DPZ) included alleys in their design for Prospect New Town, a New Urbanism project. Andrés Duany (born September 7, 1949) is a American architect and urban planner. ...
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Urban planners work with local governments to formulate plans for the short- and long-term growth and renewal of urban and suburban communities. ...
New urbanism is an urban design movement that became very popular beginning in the 1980s and early 1990s. ...
Urban sprawl (also: suburban sprawl), a term with pejorative implication, refers to the rapid and expansive growth of a greater metropolitan area, traditionally suburbs (or exurbs) over a large area. ...
View south of Tenacity Drive in Prospect New Town showing a mix of aggregate housing and traditional detached homes. ...
In some modern urban developments, a service road may be built to allow for waste collection, or rear access for fire engines and parking. Such roads are not alleys as they are too wide. Fire Engine in South Bend, Indiana. ...
Underground parking garage at the University of Minnesota. ...
Other terms The term "service road" is also used in the United Kingdom for a back road giving access to shops and retail units. Alleys which are narrow pavements between/behind buildings are known as alleyways or "ginnels" or "yards", or "snickets". This has led to the contrived word Snickelway, originally in York, though the term has become more widespread. In Sussex the term twitten is commonly used whilst in Liverpool the term "entry" or "jigger" is more commmon. The word 'jitty' is also often used. In the USA, a frontage road is a non-limited access road running parallel to a freeway and feeding it at appropriate points of access. ...
The Snickelways of York (often misspelt Snickleways) are a collection of small streets and footpaths in the city of York, England. ...
York is a city in Northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ...
Sussex is a traditional county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ...
Look up twitten in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
In Australia and Canada the terms lane, laneway and serviceway are used. The word lane has two meanings: A narrow road, usually lacking a shoulder or a median. ...
In the United States alleys are sometimes known as rear lanes because they are at the back of buildings.
Activities Reduced usage of alleys can result in their decline. Under use, poor maintenance, poor night time illumination and narrow width may contribute to an increase in anti-social or illegal activities. Lighting refers to either artificial light sources such as lamps or to natural illumination of interiors from daylight. ...
Anti-social behaviour is that lacking in judgement and consideration for others, ranging from careless negligence to deliberately damaging activity, vandalism and graffiti for example. ...
The stela of King Hammurabi depicts the god Shamash revealing a code of laws to the king. ...
A bowling alley is a straight narrow lane or track used in the game of bowling. Bowling ball and two pins Ten-pin bowling lane Bowling is a game in which players attempt to score points by rolling a ball along a flat surface to knock down objects called pins. ...
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