Some of the earliest planned cities were built using grid plans in the Indian subcontinent. So, why aren't modern suburbs built on a walkable grid?

With as many computers there are in the world, you'd think that the name Charles Babbage, the "Father of Computers" would be well known.

Asphalt may sound like a relatively modern invention, but the first recorded use of asphalt in a road was actually in Babylon in 615 B.C.E., where asphalt and burned brick were used to pave a procession street during the reign of King Nabopolassar, according to NAPA.