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Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere) [ST05]
Not Just Bikes · Apr 26, 2021 · 18m 14s
What this video covers
Not Just Bikes introduces the "stroad", a street-road hybrid common in the US and Canada that fails at both jobs. He contrasts it with Dutch design, where each road has a single purpose, and covers cost, danger and ugliness.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN links it constantly as the standard introduction to stroads and Strong Towns-style arguments about car-centric design.
12recommendation score
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- distinct recommenders
- 11
- recommendation months
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- strong recommendations
Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“also has an excellent series of videos based on work from Strong Towns”
“They're very solid.”
“This is a good video on the deficiencies of suburbia road design if you're curious”