How streets, roads, and avenues are different

There's a method to the madness of classifying roads.
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A street is a road but a road isn't always a street. A road can also be an avenue or a boulevard-it's the general term for anything that connects two points. From there, the names of roads can be shaped by their environment and/or the form of the road. A drive is a long winding road that can be shaped by mountains or a lake. Place is a narrow road with no throughway. And just as there is no rule book to building a city, these roads and other don't always correspond with their described classifications.
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[@matt6582]

Friend : " Yeah we'll just go down that road over there" me: "Well ACTUALLY!....."

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Devon Elliott Ricketts It's actually called a club :P

[@toasty_mcdanish]

I wish I had the kind of brain that would just absorb all of this information in one sitting, however I know I'm going to forget all this in 15 minutes.

[@EndohMiharu]

Dana B, I forgot everything immediately after he moved on to the next one 😂😂

[@Munchausenification]

there are ways to improve your memory... The best way for me is to repeat. After you heard or read something, repeat it in your head not just once or twice but until you know you will remember

[@seigeengine]

Repetition alone is an awful way to memorize things, never mind understand. I'd draw yourself a diagram of all the types of roads, with labels, definitions in your own words, and potentially even colour coded. Not only will this require you to digest and comprehend the information, but it will serve as a reference for later as well. Trying to express something as if teaching it to someone is a great way to come to understand something, after all.

[@jonathanmorales523]

Dana B agreed

[@Munchausenification]

seigeengine Of course that is a good way of memorizing. However i dont need to do that, repetition is all i need.

[@mikeconz4369]

My brain just melted because its boring and interesting at the same time.

[@CalvinDilbert]

Haha, love you, hope you have a good day!

[@ashleyshim2078]

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[@ravelifeuk2823]

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[@whatrtheodds]

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[@FernandoFloresLopez]

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[@cs1458]

A Lemonade is a road near the water that is bordered by lemon trees.

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[@DaCarnival]

No, Lemonade is a way through anger and resentment for your partners infidelity.

[@jammus1]

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[@alonknaan4536]

I don't see how any of this makes anything simpler.

[@camgan1]

For a lot of them that's probably true. Having different names for different things is kind of how language works though.

[@carlosxramirez]

Alon Knaan KNOWLEDGE!

[@davidmedina5536]

If you really want to educate yourself. You'll make yourself understand this

[@michaelroy6630]

I just think it makes road names more interesting. Imagine if every road was just called "Rd."

[@spokanevalleyfreeway1521]

@@michaelroy6630 - Yeah? How about a seven-lane road called Mockingbord LANE? (No for real, the Dallas metroplex has an actual seven-lane road called Mockingbird Lane)

[@TonecrafteLuthiery]

When you get a little addicted to Sim City.

[@mercame]

But we can't name roads

[@Rocket_man1234]

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[@dl_carlo]

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This is definitely a City Skylines addict

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sammeboy11 I had to watch if multiple times before I saw it😂

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[@Affixton96]

+Joe Nome Even though the dump truck is in front of it and going faster.

[@stone7327]

I think they did that on purpose for people like you who would catch it. Anyway, thanks for giving me a chuckle. XD

[@thehumbleservant4650]

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[@HoaNguyen-yd6mb]

at first, i was confused by alley, road, lane, avenue, street. Now it's getting more complicated :))

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[@Utonian21]

0:13 Man, that taxi driver must have some insane parallel parking skills!

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1:32 Groove Street ...

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Grove court

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Wow theirs like no likes at all

[@AikoKayo]

Someone needs to draw an accurate monopoly map ASAP.

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

AikoKayo Also taking into account £200 is nowhere near enough to live in London these days!

[@crimsoncorsair9250]

TheBespectacledN00b lol

[@ZachBobBob]

£200,000 and you've probably got yourself a 1 bedroom flat

[@KX36]

£350k and you can have a flat with a balcony or small paved yard

[@CptnJCFG]

YES finally we're back to videos about other subjects. Screw the 2016 election.

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Thank fck ayy, the election has just been exhausting

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Glad the election is over.

[@EugeneRambo]

it's hard to watch Vox after how they covered the election. They obviously had a biased view and it showed how out of touch they are from half the country. it's hard to watch them knowing that.

[@mykx1386]

and you will come here to say that in all their vids instead of just going away and not watching them

[@ryanmasad977]

Or perhaps half the country is out of touch with reality. Perhaps Vox was right and reality is about to smack half the country in the face.

[@7estrelle]

This was really interesting and illuminating. Thanks!

[@drink15]

Illuminati? Your one of them!!!!

[@rsp9238]

Jessica de Portland do u even know what illuminating means?!?!

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Clearly she does because it was used correctly lol

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[@rsp9238]

In england ive never heard anyone say that and when i googled it (uk) it didnt come up sooooo

[@stephaniearzola1164]

My son just turned 7 and has been asking me for months about road names and all their variations! He is on the spectrum and was hammering me everyday with questions about this topic! We both loved the video! Thank you so much!

[@jonyD143]

Real education. And why didn't they teach us this in school?

[@joanj3319]

I mean it doesnt really matter. I dont think it's so important?

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[@Holliday0089]

I’m literally being forced to watch this video for homework

[@tritonvid9680]

no@@joanj3319

[@novemberwhre1132]

Because it's "more important" to know how to find the area of a non regular polygon or to understand old english in Shakespeare lol

[@sir_aken9706]

The best display of useless knowledge known to man

[@linux750]

My Clever Nothing that is, until you need to navigate your way through areas undocumented by GPS.

[@ariefraiser140]

My Clever Nothing If you're a city planner or civil engineer this is fairly elementary important information.

[@tomalator]

My life summed up in a sentence ^

[@chingsumcheung]

BRB, gonna name my roads in Cities: Skyline

[@crimsoncorsair9250]

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Crimson Corsair not anymore now that title belongs to Planet Coaster

[@nedks11]

That sounds sick, could you tell me what it is called.

[@frostycreeper1055]

Using the districts tool?

[@koverpy426]

Bro do you even mods?

[@VepaDurdiyev]

Anyone else has this urge to play City Skylines right now?

[@nawafbahadur2501]

Same

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Vepa Durdiyev Cities:Skylines *

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The whole reason Im watching this video

[@DiamondCavern]

YES

[@BoredDan7]

C:S videos are how I got here :p

[@aylasdope]

I work at a call center and my job for 40 hours a week is to take people's addresses. It is very interesting to find out this information so thank you very much! Very nice visuals as well. Awesome video 😊

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Ayla Samano agero?

[@jagfan101]

Hm, that sounds like a decent job lol

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Concentrix bro?

[@raymondliuao]

EVEN MORE CONFUSING. TOO MUCH FOR MY BRAIN​ UGHHHH!!!!!

[@TheDirtycrafter]

"How streets, roads, and avenues are different" .... in america*

[@nightsilvermoon6653]

totaly, on the old continent here the cities where mad day to day without really thinking, so the differcence between a street and an avenue are just the size xD

[@aldric3178]

in Indonesia we call it *jalan* as long it is a path that people can walk on it. it's not a path? not jalan. it is but you can't walk on it? not jalan.

[@drdewott9154]

And let's not forget the entire thing with Highways. We ain't got Freeways, or beltways or whatever we just have 2 very distinct kinds. Motorways, and Carriageways, and the rules and structures are put in place for both. Like you'd never find a Traffic Light Intersections out in the middle of a Motorway unlike what you'll find on some American highways

[@hytaus]

this is exactly what its like here in australia tho

[@tommyworth2752]

It's also quite different in the UK.

[@frozeneternity93]

America has too many names for roads. I haven't seen half of these by me

[@commentmachine1457]

we only have road and street in my country, which could be bad for navigation.

[@rmpbklyn6063]

seen all them , east coast. nyc has several

[@AraNalbandian]

god dammit, now I wanna play SimCity

[@elijahelijah940]

Ara Nalbandian try cities skylines is better newer version

[@nonosh]

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[@AraNalbandian]

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[@nonosh]

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[@gear9508]

Cities: Skylines*

[@zangosango]

Now I know what to name cities skylines roads

[@Paulygon]

I need this for making my city in Animal Crossing lol

[@AlvinLee007]

Were the makers of "Crossy Road" called in to animate this video? #HipsterWhale

[@fillman86]

The "circle or loop" you mentioned, is called a cul-de-sac

[@ChrisChoi123]

No, its a roundabout

[@davidrittberg5288]

Roundabouts I think are circular roads that branch off into regular roads, like the ones in the UK.

[@MrFrostburner]

A Culdesac is a circle of asphalt at the end of a road inside a neighborhood.

[@ShizukaRose]

What does cul de sac translate to?

[@davidrittberg5288]

Googled it, its French for "Dead End"

[@kenshuei]

This just made me want to play Sim city

[@navonmyhand7999]

Me too

[@chongjunxiang3002]

Jorge Soto SimCity 4 pls

[@LarryMyster]

This makes me want to play City Skylines

[@japzone]

LarryMyster, City Skylines and Planet Coaster. The two games that saved us from EA's and Atari's stupidity.

[@Brandon-uy1uv]

Jorge Soto x2

[@cloudburst3003]

BTW, all of you who really like this visually, this is Voxel animation. Kinda like crossy road.

[@finleycastello6512]

In Britain these rule don't apply because our roads were made before people had compasses

[@lyonwillman302]

Someone has to make a building a city game with those graphics

[@linux750]

Lyon Willman YES. maybe a mobile phone game?

[@lyonwillman302]

linux750 yeah man I would jam that

[@japzone]

Lyon Willman, Somebody could probably mod the older Sim City games since they already have the perspective down.

[@cunk9437]

Anything but a mobile game...

[@personal_ginger]

Pocket city is close

[@madslasher18]

The random things I learn on a Monday

[@GustavoRubio]

Videos like these that made me resub

[@bythetimeyoureadthisistole7739]

That dog though

[@KrisMcCool]

Alright so my house is on 12 way And hot to get to it is to pass through 12 street 12 court 12 plaza 12 road And 12 place And my home should be in 12 way on your right

[@nikoolay]

omg try to tell a taxi driver where you live XD

[@transitvideosbayarea]

Right off Hwy 12 ;)

[@brendenwhiteley3847]

this will help in cities: skylines

[@radino2252]

Still will get horrid back up no matter what.

[@frostycreeper1055]

Your still gonna have to put unrealistic amount of public transport tho.

[@brendenwhiteley3847]

Radio i got that one way road game on 100 tho so its not an issue

[@brendenwhiteley3847]

FrostyCreeper10 i got a 500k city with no public transport. my road system is very methodical and i have alot of tunnels connecting places around the city.

[@frostycreeper1055]

brenden whiteley In what way is it _methodical_. I'm actually curious

[@bncybll]

yeahh i think this is different in britain

[@stevewood8914]

Kitty Kitty Well, we don't use a grid system so the direction of a road doesn't matter; ways tend to be residential streets that give access to other residential streets; and we call our highways 'motorways' and don't use those other terms for types of highway (interstate etc.); but the rest pretty much holds true in the UK.

[@simonpowell9975]

So quite a lot of differences for a video that purports to cover all the world.

[@skyjetisdabest]

Yeah I live on an "avenue" in the uk which is just another small narrow residential road

[@dananbutler7800]

+Skyjet3 So we improved on road name definitions here in the US, just like we did with government. ;^)

[@0Adam]

Kitty you are correct work in the transport industry i can confirm this

[@uknwtheusername]

Playing SimCity 5 while watching this... this may actually help with my traffic problem.

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

Cities Skylines > SimCity

[@xwearenumber1x]

+MrC0MPUT3R True dat.

[@uknwtheusername]

MrC0MPUT3R Yeah, I know, but I don't own Cities Skylines so....

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

uknwtheusername A most unfortunate situation

[@uknwtheusername]

Bonquiqui Thethird I have SC4 too, but I got bored of it and I actually prefer SC 5 now. Aesthetics is such an important part of gameplay for these types of games, and I don't wanna stare at the pixelated 90s graphics of SC4 for hours anymore.

[@timothyyee5299]

U missed circle I live on a circle

[@harrysmith3606]

Or a "circus" if you're in the UK

[@KIDVENTUREVIDEOS]

I live in a pretty small town with only one stop light, and so these names weren't ever really something I felt inclined to learn about. But recently, I had the chance to spend a bunch of time out of state in some pretty big towns, Wilmington NC. and Boulder/Denver CO. It had dawned on me that there was a difference between each of these road types now. As I was following a Ct road into a culdesac, and was now following St roads down city blocks. It's so neat finding out about all this

[@linux750]

I wish they taught stuff like this in public schools

[@navonmyhand7999]

I'd rather have children learn about their transition from high school to the rest of the world. Or about... taxes.

[@abdulrabawadh8153]

linux750 much better thAn learning chemistry or calculus that you'll never use in life unless you go into those professions (.000001% of ppl lol)

[@navonmyhand7999]

Silent Assassin Yeah. My teacher says they are teaching us how to follow step-by-step processes when doing Alg. 2... so are you telling me that following PEMDAS ir doing substitution isn't a 'step-by-step' process? Making a pre-draft, rough draft, edited draft, and final draft isn't a 'step-by-step' process? I get them trying to help us, but knowing what combinations of atoms make up Nitrate (and *much* more) have almost no real use to me.

[@moXon460]

I wish they taught us more about the Vikings

[@shimojason]

moXon460 dude same

[@Openeyees]

Why dont these kind of videos start with a simple, humble "in America"

[@foxsmith770]

Because the world revolves around America.

[@natvelo]

ikr, is it that hard, so many British KZbinrs literally use American words so they don't 'get confused', yet Americans give 0 shits

[@terrencedayton2788]

Fox Smith Apparently so. Because you didn't have to click on this American corporation's channel, on an American corporation's website, to complain about how they're not making explicit that they're primarily talking about America.

[@natvelo]

Terrence Dayton, where does it even say this is american? are we just supposed to know that? the fact you even call yourself american is kinda stupid cause America is literally two continents well like obviously you can't call yourself american, but candians, brazilians etc are equally american

[@zxcmvbn]

Remus You’re a moron

[@damonsidur9130]

Vox videos are so good When they leave out their liberal agenda

[@rickybay8441]

Damon Sidur gtfo

[@peddfast]

If this comment was an ironic one though, that would have been funny.

[@seigeengine]

I also enjoy videos where they leave out their liberal agenda. Taking a read of it is a good way to pass the time when I get bored.

[@macmurfy2jka]

I know right.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Here in the UK we have streets, roads and avenues, which have no distinction I'm aware of. Our towns and cities aren't usually laid out in a grid so having N-S and E-W distinctions would be meaningless. But we do have closes, which are usually short residential streets which terminate at one end, so you have to drive out the same way you drove in. We also have lanes, which are usually in rural areas connecting villages.

[@lcmortensen]

In Wellington, New Zealand, the main shopping street is Lambton Quay - due to land reclamation and earthquakes, its now 250 metres from the shoreline!

[@rita6355]

Finally the political videos are over

[@bigmike9128]

sometimes you don't know what you don't know until you know.😊

[@szymongorczynski7621]

0:15 No, they are most certainly not across the world.

[@BenjerminGaye]

so streets and avenues only exist in America?

[@retak4110]

Nope, but the rest do We have roads, routes, streets and avenues outside america

[@szymongorczynski7621]

BenjerminGaye No, but the naming scheme certainly does. For example, in the UK a "Parkway" is a train station with extensive car parking facilities, the idea being that people would get there by car and continue their commute to work from thereonwards.

[@seigeengine]

I'd like to suggest that if you need to drive to a train station to take a train to work, you probably need to reconsider whether your commute is worth it.

[@gsvick]

+BenjerminGaye Kind of. At least in Europe, most cities are not grid-based, so the North-South/West-East distinction doesn't make sense.

[@erobin2470]

halfway through this video my brain got the feeling of sitting in class in 8th grade algebra with good intentions but there comes a slipping feeling

[@zf5782]

same! :D

[@Fetrovsky]

The elections are over, I see.

[@CalvinDilbert]

tru that

[@Has-wx2do]

It's about time...

[@BayviewFinch]

Yeah they are. Still time to get someone different in the White House though.

[@Fetrovsky]

BayviewFinch Let's hope not!

[@ConorDrew]

and if you are from the UK its none of these.... haha

[@SonnyBCreative]

UK speaks British English so the terms are different

[@greatwolf5372]

Jacob D Wrong some are from the City of England.

[@jamisoneddington110]

or anywhere else in the world apart from america ahaha

[@crakamann]

Jamison Eddington so true 😂

[@lorjxsia1613]

The street names are used here in Australia

[@JohnMassengale]

The words "avenue" and "boulevard" both come from France, where they have meanings useful for urban designers. The Champs Elysees in Paris is visually terminated at one end by the Louvre (formerly the king's palace) and at the other by the Arc de Triomphe. Urban designers and street designers call this a "terminated vista." The first avenues were out in the country at places like the king's palace in Versailles, where the avenues radiate out from the palace. At the other end, they might have vistas terminated by pavilions, obelisks, or the like, or they might have unterminated vistas. But they all look back at the palace, usually at the center of the palace. 'Avenue" comes from "à venir," which means "to come to." "Boulevards" were originally built on the "bulwarks," or city walls ("bulwark" is an old Dutch word). Boulevards originated as "promenades" on top of the city walls. Since these circled around the city, they did not have terminated vistas. Allées of trees were planted on the bulwarks to shade the walkers and shape the promenade. The avenues at the palaces and great country houses went through the woods, and the edges were also planted with regularly spaced allées. When the French brought avenues and boulevards into the city, they kept the distinction that an avenue had a terminated vista (or two, one at each end), while boulevards did not. The English sort of kept this distinction, but Americans were very inconsistent. Jefferson built avenues at Monticallo, but in 1811 New York City platted north-south avenues that were usually unterminated. When American graduates of the French Ecole des Beaux Arts came home and founded the City Beautiful movement, they revived the distinction. Traffic engineers and Organized Motordom later abandoned that, preferring Arterials, Collector Roads, and Cul de sacs. Promenades do not have to be near water. Commonwealth Avenue in Back Bay Boston has a promenade. So does Central Park in New York, at the Poet's Walk. What they share with avenues and boulevards is that they have allées of trees. Last but not least, we have multiway boulevards and avenues, which have through lanes in the center and local lanes on the sides. Paris has the most numerous examples and the most variety, but other cities like Barcelona have great avenues and boulevards, sometimes with promenades.

[@XzTS-Roostro]

St = Street St. = Saint Dr = Drive Dr. = Doctor So if the address is using the wrong abbreviation, the TTS system is going to read it the way it's written. "In a meter, turn left onto Talon DOCTOR, then ease right and merge onto Lombardi SAINT."

[@spookym123]

Ave = Avenue Ave = Maria

[@liftyee1430]

me living in England: seriously, US streets are nice and organised but here we have *spaghetti streets*

[@aryajonathan3733]

Finally!!! Ive been dying to know whats the difference between all this words (cos I am non native english speaker) and no one I came across really sums it up clearly and some differs (maybe cos there is no picture to give an example to)

[@Dan1elAndrade]

How the hell did I end up here?

[@crimsoncorsair9250]

Daniel Andrade its called a subscription

[@Dan1elAndrade]

oh, right I forgot! Thanks :) !

[@GAZAMAN93X]

+Daniel Andrade :)

[@joaquinbello3485]

I live in an "Avenue" but my road is a dead end. england for you lol

[@emsavings]

Joaquin Bello in Las Vegas, here. my entire neighborhood has short dead end "avenues." I wonder if it gets that way in a technicality.

[@Usernameshallbe]

same here. Live on an Avenue but it's a dead-end too. Though I'd say it's less of an Avenue and more of a street

[@ASKTutorialsAndMore]

You said so many types of transportation methods that I forgot partway through watching it, might have to replay 100 times for me to remember.

[@douangsavanhphimmasone6911]

English is difficult man, sometimes it just doesn't make sense

[@mugge47]

i love this

[@poochthedog1]

mugge47 yeah its so helpful

[@the_kraken6549]

Me to (Edited)

[@shan-nf1ie]

hmm, I live in an avenue which has a dead end, however this video calls it a 'close' - is this because I live in England?...

[@rickybay8441]

nova forrest Well I live in England and it's called a close although I've seen them called a drive as well...

[@shan-nf1ie]

+Ricky Bay ah how confusing! I've seen them be called all three too

[@tenaciousdean6179]

In Enlgand any streets with "close" at the end will be a cul-de-sac

[@georgebelmonte8522]

nova forrest I live in an avenue that's a dead end too. I live in the States.

[@raney150]

a lot of these conventions aren't even universal in the US. Avenues in my area are (mostly) used for busy streets, most of which (but not all) are 4 lane roads. Not every major road is an Avenue here though, at least 2 are streets. We don't have that perpendicular rule with Avenues and streets. we have streets crossing streets and avenues crossing avenues.

[@exomonxt]

and on the 8th day God from the heaven's Said let there be Google Maps

[@Oxideacid]

English: Walk, travel, avenue, road, street, boulevard, lane, alley, drive, terrace, place, court, plaza, square, frontage, highway, interstate, turnpike, freeway, beltway, parkway, driveway, causeway, crescent, esplanade Indonesian: Jalan

[@emersxn420]

0:34 Gerard Way is also a way and so is Mikey Way and Frank Iero if you ship Ferard and same with Pete Wentz if you ship Petekey edit: another boulevard is the Boulevard Of Broken Dreams ( I'll go home)

[@owenprosser2162]

This is a very US centric video I have never seen most of these types of roads in the UK.

[@--julian_]

or in anywhere else lol

[@georgyorgy2]

So request the uploader to restrict playback in your country

[@boooogles]

Most of them are rare in america too. I didn't know a crescent, prominade, turnpike, and probably others even existed

[@WungTung]

ahh ive seen these and i live in Australia..

[@peabody1976]

I've seen "street", "road", "way", "close", "crescent", "circle", "lane", "highway" in Britain, and not just one area. "Avenue" is less common. "Parkway", "turnpike" are very North American. "Pike" and "turnpike" are more common in the Northeast US. (Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania all have turnpikes.)

[@therealshins]

I still dont get it.

[@AudRad-wn8nk]

therealshins same in confused

[@BoredDan7]

Do you not understand or do you just not remember which is which? Cause the latter is no biggy, for the former, basically the road type (Street, Road, Aveneue, etc.) is just determined by certain attributes of the road.

[@clearmist7170]

Most cities name streets and avenues, based on what direction they're going in. For example, they'll have 1st St go from east to west, and then they'll have 1st Ave, go the opposite direction as north to south. Or vice versa. That's one easy way of looking at it.

[@DSQueenie]

I think you overstated the "across the world" point. I only recognised Drive and plaza. What about bypass or motorway?

[@Len124]

I believe motorway is more of a British term, equivalent to highway in the US, and he's American.

[@edisg]

DSQueenie America IS the whole world, OBVIOUSLY

[@choongren5836]

I'm guessing these are only for road names that you might find in USA. British motorists have different names and maybe ways of naming the roads, as with every other country.

[@chronicallymeee]

I live literally less than 30 minutes from the american border but outside of america. These naming conventions do not match my city in the least, I live on a street and my cross street is a street and up a bit is an avenue.

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

Beltway is Yank for bypass/ring road

[@NickyWaters]

Me: hey, a seemingly simple video with everyday information i should know Vox: **laughs maniacally**

[@nippseybleu2715]

I learned something new, they don’t teach these things in schools smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@blurbthenerd]

It's pronounced prom• eh• nahde.

[@Arjay404]

Anyone else thinking of Cities:Skylines while watching this video?

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

rjh00 That and simcmty 4.

[@hollyhandgrenade42]

Yup.

[@roadmaster935]

Of course

[@vultschlange]

Ye

[@NoctournalDonut]

You and me both.

[@TheJimmy14]

Ouch... my brain is hurting.

[@Miimu5210]

I recommend lobotomy.

[@jaywye]

Lobotomy? What's loboto- oh.

[@user-mr3wf3xy4t]

Friend: just cross on the big road Me: it's actually a boulevard *insert patrick star with nails meme*

[@CyclingSteve]

In the UK a 'Way' needs to be connected to roads at each end, which is why the Fire Brigade objected to the original name of the 'Close' that I live in, they said it was deceptive to call it a 'Way'.

[@supertekkel1]

Now i wanna play simcity again!

[@guuus2]

Hahaha same!

[@AndrewKillerGamer1]

@Golden Gamer TV I'm surprised you like it in the first place, it's so limited and boring, and waiting an hour to make a skyscraper buildable manually unlike the PC Simcity were you make parks and they plan to upgrade automatically, and since many people agree with me, how are you alive?

[@AndrewKillerGamer1]

@Golden Gamer TV At the time I'm commenting this, I'm becoming ten in eight days, and I kinda said a popular opinion, and I know that opinions are allowed, thanks for the facepalm.

[@eggs2627]

I got lost in the first 30 secs

[@theharristrain]

almost all of these terms or their uses sound distinctly american to me (uk). a lot of out our roads are named depending on the era they were built. a on road called x street was probably built by the romans but x way was probably built by germanic people

[@CalvinDilbert]

god damn germans

[@stevewood8914]

Alex Harris Most 'street's in the UK are as described in the video. Some old Roman roads are also called 'steet' even when they're not urban because the definition of the word changed; it used to mean any paved road, as opposed to a dirt road. Most 'way's I come across are modern residential streets that give access to other residential streets; not sure of any Germanic connection as the word 'way' comes from Latin 'via' (they pronounced Vs as we pronounce Ws) meaning road, path or way.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

If there are autobahns in your country they were probably built by Germans.

[@theharristrain]

ich farhe farhe farhe

[@willzyxOfficial]

+Steve Wood In modern Germanic languages equivalents for way can be for example weg or väg, which in certain pronunciations are actually very close to way. Don't know about UK street name origins though.

[@alsocool344]

After watching this I still don't understand the differences. It just goes in my brain, and then out. You could say I'm JFK!

[@ericemily1277]

Hi, nice video. But how about expressway? Is it true that expressway are built not on ground, I am a bit confused

[@marklarsontube556]

Quick, someone tell me what the difference is between a street, a road and an avenue? You can't, can you?!

[@kyrodes]

Road: connects 2 points. Street: connects 2 points but has buildings on both sides. Avenue: connects 2 points, has buildings on both sides but are perpendicular to streets.

[@valentijnraw]

Kyrodes but then streets are perpendicular to avenues. its relative isnt it

[@JesseLH88]

What road would you drive on to pickup some Grey Poupon?

[@monish05m]

Any Cities Skylines fan?

[@timelapsesofsingapore5674]

What about Circle? Link? Walk? Central? North? Loop? Viaduct? Ring? Plains? Close? I live in Singapore, I passed roads: Wellington Circle Eunos Link Circuit Link Choa Chu Kang North 5 Choa Chu Kang Loop Stagmont Ring Rivervale Walk Edgefield Plains Keppel Viaduct Sembawang Close Yishun Central

[@yangxiaolong1392]

A link road is a road that connects the urban zones of two towns or cities that are in close proximity to each other. A close is a narrow alley, typically with a dead end, that has buildings overhanging on one or both sides. If I recall correctly, this road type is Scottish in origin, so it may be used differently in Singapore. A viaduct is a bridge or series of bridges that are usually supported by arches and typically cross over a valley, river, another road, or some combination thereof. If I recall correctly, a circle is a residential road that is perfectly circular and is connected to a larger road on one or more sides. A loop is basically any road with one inlet and a fork that loops back on itself. A ring is basically a beltway, but more circular than rectangular. I couldn't find any difference between a walk and a promenade, but the information I could find indicates that they are similar. As for a central, a north, and a plains, I couldn't find any information, even after combing through several pages worth of search engine results. Anyway I hope this helps.

[@wildbill7267]

In Queens, New York, the naming conventions were thrown out the window!

[@kitcoffey7194]

yes! I commented on this above! represent!

[@racheld9548]

This is so important. I can impress my friends with this knowledge

[@diegolucano3354]

I lost friends with this knowledge.

[@greenlionawesomeness]

I was literally talking about this with my dad yesterday... we were listing all the types of roads and trying to figure out the differences between them. Vox is watching me O.o

[@tre8201]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS

[@moistusapparatus9710]

3:28 I literally jumped up thinking the door bell rang. Jesus christ. That sound in the video is so out of place ?!

[@VirtualRoadTrip]

These guidelines arent always followed. I've seen "streets" and "highways" that are just 2 lane roads in the middle of nowhere. Depends on where you are as well. It may also depend on what gov agency maintains it.

[@Boxsteam]

What about circle? for example, what about 1234 Random Cir.

[@TheoMatz]

In my experience it's a street that connects on both ends to the same street.

[@contournut5726]

Around here that's another name for a court. It means there will be a cul-de-sac at the end.

[@Boxsteam]

Chris Hilton I think it is when a street literally goes in a circle. But we have a caul de sac at one of the corners

[@happydr_]

its a road the connects back to itself.

[@Killerk328]

Quite the mystery

[@jamespatterson49]

I'm guessing this only appys for the us, Britain seems to be real random with road names.

[@hazel_moonshine]

No. British road names are probably related to the history of town planning. It is the same for other European cities. In Paris, "boulevard" is the name of the wide streets that replaced the old ramparts of the city (and French invented this word). If the name of a street seems strange to you, this street has a story to tell. I find it much more funny to have road names that tells us the history of a city rather than the very academic definition of this video. And yes this only apply to US, but Europe is older than 250 years

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

bex w Hence Fleshmarket Square in London or the various streets in York ending "-gate". And the wonderful Hull dialect for alley, a tenfoot

[@cybertantra]

i live on a drive thats actually a court

[@randeepkang8780]

Wtf

[@heidielliott4396]

LeonTheCommie Same.

[@IExpectedToFAIL]

And I live on a Court that's actually a Drive.

[@georgyorgy2]

I live on a court that's actually a tennis court

[@catief1031]

I live on a drive that is a combination of a place and crescent.

[@AlexBallMusic]

But can anyone tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?

[@emansphoto_6428]

Actually, this is for all cities and places except Atlanta. In Atlanta, you’ve literally “Blvd” in a deadens street....

[@BRi180000]

My street is called a trail (trl)

[@raul_r.3552]

nice to know but pretty useless for me

[@yankumarrah]

Mind-blown! how is this not taught in drivers education?

[@Merthalophor]

what use would that have? You don't have to learn a map of a place you drive either.

[@Aviral132]

This video makes me want to play a city building simulation.

[@coarel2788]

me, who lives on a loop: *do i not exist?*

[@drink15]

I learned this by playing SImcity and City Skylines.

[@elizabeth9841]

In america, streets run north, south, east and west, meanwhile in the uk..

[@viewsurfingcuriosity9656]

True but in the uk you don't have to deal with angry Americans with guns who drive like they are in a Fast and Furious movie.

[@mixelpl6066]

I think that in UK there are not Interstate road. I thought that film was about american call system for Road.

[@rjfaber1991]

@@mixelpl6066 The name 'interstate' is very unique to the US, as far as I can tell. It certainly wouldn't make sense for a country whose top-level subnational divisions aren't called 'states'. In Britain, major multi-lane roads that cover long distances between cities are called motorways.