We attempted this pilot

Hi Terry. Thanks for this feedback. We've heard similar things from other project, particularly the issue with bodies of water and open spaces hurting the intersection count. For expressways (and also train tracks), i believe that their negative impact of the intersection count is intentional, because they make walkability and access to services by foot, bike, or even bus more difficult, making for a sort of walkability wasteland. This is discussed a bit more in the first few threads of this forum. . Others with location & planning experience have opinions on this?

I had similar concerns on this point. Our project was lucky in that were were located downtown, but our radius also overlapped with a university that had an extensive system of walking paths. If our project site had been shifted to the west by 1/4 mile it ould have been right in the middle of downtown which is very pedestrian friendly, but not been able to achieve 60 intersections.