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The Suburban Traffic Contradiction

Oh The Urbanity! · 177.3K views · 2021-10-09 · 8:44

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Overview

Oh The Urbanity! questions the framing that urban planning reforms like bike lanes and traffic calming wage war on suburbanites. It argues that suburban and urban residents alike want less traffic on their own streets.

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Cited in urbanism threads as a clear argument that car-dependent suburbs impose traffic on everyone.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2021–2024

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Transit, cities & urban planning
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urbanismsuburbstraffic calmingcar dependencecities

What people said

ryukafalz · 2024-07 · Recommendation

Yes, cul-de-sacs are a design element that can help to reduce the negative impacts of cars - in the immediate area. Though if you build an area out of cul-de-sacs with no bike/pedestrian shortcuts, you end up not being able to practically get around without a car, so the area around the cul-de-sacs needs lots of car infrastructure. (Which is not so great if your kids are unlucky enough to live across a wide arterial from their friends from school.) But ultimately yes, reducing through traffic can be a good thing, and there are ways to do that in cities too. There's a good video on this here: [VIDEO]

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nayuki · 2023-04 · Recommendation

Correct. Suburbanites want the freedom to drive everywhere but also limit through-traffic and noise on the street their house exists on. That's why twisty roads and culs de sac exist. "Oh The Urbanity!" argues this point elegantly in: [VIDEO] "The Suburban Traffic Contradiction"

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nayuki · 2022-01 · Recommendation

There's a good video explaining how urban and suburban residents alike want less traffic in their neighborhoods: [VIDEO]

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