<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-01-13 6:09 GMT+01:00 Paul Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:baloo@ursamundi.org" target="_blank">baloo@ursamundi.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 9:55 PM, John Willis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnw@mac.com" target="_blank">johnw@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">What's the difference between an alley and a motorway besides width?</blockquote></div><br></span>How it drains, how thick the hard surface is, lane width, paved shoulders, buildings not adjacent to the roadway with doors extending into the road (saw a collision between a building door opening just in time to get slammed shut by a slow moving truck that happened to be going down the alley; person opening the door was OK), no direct access, lack of dumpsters in the travel lanes, through traffic...</div></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br>also on another level, where it leads to / comes from (connecting major cities vs. backdoor access/service), i.e. the setting and usage, how you get to it (on ramps), the signage, the guard rails, etc.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I guess John wasn't very serious with his comment, or he'd rather asked what they had in common if anything ;-)<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">cheers,<br>Martin<br></div></div>