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I've seen the video, it just didn't resonate much. I drive those areas often enough without issue. I've walked through them too. They feel like an acceptable co
by jimmaswell 5y ago
I've seen the video, it just didn't resonate much. I drive those areas often enough without issue. I've walked through them too. They feel like an acceptable compromise for the most part but they could do with protected bike lanes and flashing crossings like I mentioned.
- throw0101a 5y agoYou're telling me that a stroad where, along a 1km/1mi stretch of mostly strip malls, of which >70% of the surface is parking spaces, is comparable to a street such as: * https://www.google.com/maps/place/Queen+St+W+%26+Tecumseth+St,+Toronto,+ON https://www.google.com/maps/place/Queen+St+W+%26+Tecumseth+S... That cycling and walking on a highway-like path is comparable, at all, to a pre-WW2 street? Have you ever tried living life without a car—without even being driven by someone like you parents when you were younger—in an area where stroads are the basic building block of transportation?
- Tostino 5y agoThis is such a limited perspective. I've been in 200+ different towns over the past few years in the US with my RV. Using either our car (if we brought it with), walking, bikes, or scooters. It's amazing how horrible some rural places are for pedestrian or bike/scooter traffic. No way to get from where we are staying without hitting roads with no pedestrian paths at all and 40+mph (~64+kph) speed limits. When in the RV for months long trips, we don't have the car with us most of the time, so I've come to hate these designs that make no overtures to people not wanting to drive absolutely everywhere. They are just flat out hostile. When we do find an area that has well designed ways to navigate, it's just more enjoyable and I want to go out and see what the area has to offer.