They're not wrong about these things, they're super hazardous. Through-drivers become frustrated, drivers looking for the store they want aren't paying attention to the road, people window-shop while driving, peds are wandering everywhere, etc. Highly problematic.
Roads are all fine, I just want them to be gravel or dirt ;). While we're dreaming that is.<p>I grew up in rural California and dirt roads were quite common not far out of town, it's a different way of driving and one that'll make you wonder why you aren't using a mountain bike, if you aren't hauling a bunch of kids or gear.<p>This all said I am beyond biased, I escaped the bay area to London at least partially because I don't want driving to be a part of my daily life. But I understand opinions vary and people back home love their cars and TV ;)
Town centers with a concentration of pedestrians , bikes and vehicles are going to have a higher rate of accidents no matter what you do. Separating the through traffic from the town centers kills the town centers...route 66 anybody? The focus should be on being more concientious drivers and having respect for the place you are driving in. Lack of respect isn't going to be fixed by dividing up and killing the heart of town centers.
This is the closest thing to 'flat earth' that I've seen on HN--surprised by the <i>strong</i> and unsubstantiated viewpoints. At least I now have a mnemonic for remembering the "strongtowns" movement name. nvm, overthinking it: rhymes with <i>wrongtowns</i>.
I get the idea but I don't feel like "stroad" is really compelling jargon. These guys need a Frank Luntz-like figure to come up with a better name.
Interesting article but not realistic IMO. It's just that roads/streets capital investment is incredibly complicated and so much thought/systems/law has built up around their concept and creation. The entirety of the problem is literally just cars. Cars are the problem. We've created a society that needs them but we're butting up against our need to move fast but we forget we're human and stupid. I think either a new novel way to travel or self driving cars that actually work are the only answers that can solve this.
Can we please stop this propaganda?<p>"Stroads" are roads for all users, not just bike bros. And roads are absolutely beautiful, they allow people to move. As a result, well-designed car-oriented American cities are _far_ more efficient than nicely-looking but horrible-to-live European cities.<p>If you want to use pejorative names, then I propose: "slumhive" ("slum beehive") for any high-rise building and "broads" ("bike bro roads") for bicycle lanes.