The End of the World is a Cul de Sac

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Dumbaugh, Eric & Rae, Robert (2009). "Safe Urban Form: Revisiting the Relationship Between Community Design and Traffic Safety". Journal of the American Planning Association. 75 (3): 309–329. doi: 10.1080/01944360902950349. S2CID 153379995. In British English, the phrase "close" is generally used as a suffix for residential cul-de-sac roads, although several variants exist similar to those used in Commonwealth countries. California uses the phrase Not a Through Street or Not a Through Road to mark roads or road systems that end in culs-de-sac. More recently, No Outlet has been shown on some signs as well (an example being Meyers Avenue south of Eureka Street in the Pine Hills area). A dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection' Guardian 'Kennedy's voice, and her unforgiving gaze, are electric' Sunday Times 'These stories sing, haunt and inspire laughter ... One of the best collections I've read in years' Sinead Gleeson A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE In New Zealand, dead-end streets are sometimes signposted as "No Exit", but are often not signposted at all. The terms 'cul-de-sac' and 'dead end' have the same senses as in Australia. Similarly to Australia, residential cul-de-sacs with bulbous ends are often suffixed with "Place", abbreviated to "Pl" on street signs.

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A story about a North of Ireland teenager putting on make-up to go to a bar unleashes a narrative of other concealments and disguises. At the outset you think it might be a wry, funny story – a character is not allowed enter a chemist’s shop because “Mr Crawford, the owner, is in the DUP” – like something written by a Lower Falls Lorrie Moore. But it shimmers into a mosaic of astonishing violence and memory. Louise Kennedy’s stories are changelings. an increased risk of the parents accidentally driving over the children in front of their own homes. Having grown up in the south of England, Jane went on to study Arabic at university, travelling extensively in the Middle East and North Africa before putting down roots in Paris. Her work includes short stories, poetry, reportage and radio drama. In recent times, the critical focus in new Irish fiction has been on writers who explore millennial dilemmas, such as Sally Rooney and Naoise Dolan. But alongside these novelists have emerged superbly accomplished short-story writers such as Wendy Erskine and Danielle McLaughlin, whose first published works draw on many years of rich lived experience. Louise Kennedy can confidently join their ranks with her dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection, The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac.Cul-de-sac streets increase spontaneous outdoor activity by children. A study in California examined the amount of child play that occurred on the streets of neighbourhoods with different characteristics; grid pattern and culs-de-sac. [18] The findings indicate that culs-de-sac showed substantial increase in play activity than the open grid street pattern. Culs-de-sac reduce perceived danger from traffic, thereby encouraging more outdoor play.

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Masterful . . . [Kennedy] can make you laugh and wince all at once . . . A writer very much in control of her craft * Irish Independent * A] dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection . . .With their sensitivity to people's vulnerabilities and failings, and their sharpness of imagery, these fifteen taut tales recall Annie Proulx at her best: salty, wise, droll and keen to share the lessons of a lifetime * Guardian * Lovegrove, Gordon R.; Sayed, Tarek (2006). "Using Macrolevel Collision Prediction Models in Road Safety Planning Applications". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 1950: 73–82. doi: 10.3141/1950-09. Increases in pedestrian and bicycle permeability may result in a displacement of local car trips for short-distance destinations [22] and consequently a reduction in neighbourhood vehicle emissions. The impermeable cul-de-sac not only discourages walking and biking but also increases the length of car trips by the circuitous geometry of the dendrite network structure of which it is a part. Research studies examined the influence of several variables on the amount of car travel that residents of several types of districts recorded. Results vary considerably among them, but there is general agreement on a number of key correlations: [31] [32] a) the wealthier and the larger the family is, the more cars they own, and the more they drive, b) the farther away a family lives from the city centre, and the fewer the jobs in the vicinity, plus a slow bus service, the more they drive, and c) street patterns may add a 10% length to local trips, but the total VKTs are affected more by the "macro" urban than the "micro" neighbourhood structure.Darkly funny, beautifully crafted, intense - this is an outstanding first collection from a natural story writer -- Kevin Barry

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In military parlance, a "cul-de-sac" refers to a situation where an army is "hemmed in on all sides but behind". [51] "Cul-de-sac" is also used metaphorically to mean a line of thought or action that leads nowhere. I love Kennedy’s vividly conjured reality. Her prose is so alive, I am surprised that the book stays shut when you close it.”— Anne Enright A lot of modern short story writers can be quite vague in their writing, which can be frustrating sometimes. But there is no vagueness in Louise Kennedy's writing. Everything is crystal clear. You always know what's going on. Not that she spells everything out for you, rather all the subtleties and intrigue are left unsaid, between the lines.The positive feelings that a cul-de-sac street could evoke, that residents value, are expressed vividly by Allan Jacobs in describing Roslyn Place, a short (250ft[76m]), narrow (60ft[18m]), densely built (14 du per acre [35 per hectare]), and wood-paved [25] cul-de-sac in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: [26] "Step into Roslyn Place and you are likely to sense, immediately, that you are in a place, a special place, a handsome place, a safe place, a welcoming place, a place where you might wish to live." "narrowness and enclosure and intimacy bring a feeling of safety to Roslyn Place... 'Stay on our street' is all the kids have to know". Asabere, Paul K. (1990). "The value of a neighborhood street with reference to the cul-de-sac". Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. 3 (2): 185–193. doi: 10.1007/BF00216591. S2CID 154313261. Veitch, Jenny; Salmon, Jo; Ball, Kylie (2010). "Individual, social and physical environmental correlates of children's active free-play: a cross-sectional study". Australia International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 7: 11. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-11. PMC 2841089. PMID 20181061. Garland Sunday tells about motherhood gone wrong because of the horror of misogyny in Ireland two generations previously. Class differences explored between Kathy and Orla. Names are brilliantly chosen e.g. Baby Kayleigh. A relentlessly grim collection of stories about long-suffering Irish women with Irish names dealing with awful men and/or circumstances.