In the US, the beat idea is to eliminate stroads. They’re the most dangerous form of road in terms of traffic and pedestrian fatalities because they don’t know

In the US, the beat idea is to eliminate stroads. They’re the most dangerous form of road in terms of traffic and pedestrian fatalities because they don’t know what they want to be. They are designed to maximize speed but also with a high number of conflict points (driveways and intersections). They are neither a road (high speed way to get between destinations) nor a street (low speed set of destinations). If you keep traffic at 25mph or below with narrow roads and other traffic calming properties, everyone is safer. Coincidentally, city streets like this tend to not need much signage - usually just stop signs at intersections.