MAPS Cul de sacs Lagos

This exercise is about assessing the microscale features on cul de sacs in Lagos neighbourhoods.

A cul-de-sac or street dead-end must be within 400ft/120m of the participants’ home and will usually be the dead-end part of the participants’ street.

The cul-de-sac opening is the point at which the street widens or bulbs out. The street dead-end opening is 50ft/15m from the end of the street or to the first driveway, whichever is furthest.

Cul-de-sac: A dead-end street with only one inlet/outlet. They are created to limit through-traffic in residential areas. While some cul-de-sacs provide no possible passage except in and out of their road entry, others allow cyclists, pedestrians or other non-automotive traffic to pass through connecting easements or paths.