Civic · 6 pages · 12 min
Why a stroad is a design argument
A stroad is the claim that a street-road hybrid fails both as a place and as a route.
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From the opening
A stroad is a coined name for a hybrid that tries to be a high-speed road and a commercial street at the same time. The word is a design argument: many driveways, signals, and turning cars undo the road's job of moving traffic, while the speed and width undo the street's job of being a place people can use on foot. The opening covers a road limits access for speed, a street accepts slowness for access, and the hybrid multiplies conflict points.
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Inside
- A road limits access for speed
- A street accepts slowness for access
- The hybrid multiplies conflict points
- The critique says choose one job
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Stroad street-road hybrid
- Strong Towns design critique