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Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere) [ST05]

Not Just Bikes · 8.3M views · 2021-04-26 · 18:14

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Overview

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.

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HN links it constantly as the standard introduction to stroads and Strong Towns-style arguments about car-centric design.

Recommended by 12 HN people across 11 months · HN mentions 2021–2025

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Transit, cities & urban planningCivil engineering & construction
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stroadsstrong townsnetherlandsroad safetycar-centric design

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oblio · 2025-12 · Strong recommendation

Watch his video. Pick 2-3 at random, be a grown up and ignore the tone of voice and the snarkiness, and see what his points are. They're very solid. Try something like this: [LINK] [VIDEO]

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benrbray · 2021-07 · Strong recommendation

The Not Just Bikes [1,2,3] YouTube channel also has an excellent series of videos based on work from Strong Towns. I link to these videos whenever a friend asks why I chose to leave the United States. :) [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO] [3] [LINK]

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snovymgodym · 2023-07 · Recommendation

I agree that the "US is a rural country" thing isn't true, but the way most US cities are built make walking either very inconvenient or outright dangerous. Posting this channel in this sort of thread is basically a meme, but this take on the topic is pretty good: [VIDEO]

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