Stroads are the futon design, being the combination of two separately useful things into a single, unusable frankenthing:
Stroads have the highway-width lanes and wide turn lanes that roads should have, but have speed limits that are set too low for their size, and are designed to slow cars down in spite of having all these highway-style amenities. They also have the residences and businesses that a street should have, but thanks to their highway design, are scaled too large for people, and actually weaken the local economy, aesthetics, and sense of community.
In the video below, Chuck Marohn, who calls himself a “recovering traffic engineer”, talks about stroads and suggests a way to fix them: by changing them back into streets (for people) and roads (for cars):
Chuck’s got some good ideas for making better, stronger, more viable and vibrant cities and towns on his blog, Strong Towns. It’s a worthwhile read.
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