Roughly 90 percent of Oregon’s 241 cities have

Roughly 90 percent of Oregon’s 241 cities have changed their laws to limit cul-de-sacs, The Wall Street Journal reported June 2. In an article on efforts throughout the US to discourage cul-de-sacs, the Journal said “some traffic experts say the only way to navigate around the neighborhood [when cul-de-sacs are plentiful] is to take peripheral roads that are already cluttered with traffic.” Nonetheless, the article quoted real estate brokers as saying that “homes on cul-de-sacs still tend to sell faster than other homes — and often command a comfortable premium.”