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On the contrary, the term has been effective in raising awareness of terrible street design, and has exploded in interest (as far as these things go) in recent
by n8cpdx 3y ago
On the contrary, the term has been effective in raising awareness of terrible street design, and has exploded in interest (as far as these things go) in recent years.
Trending awareness: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=Stroad https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=...
It has come up in a few places including successful articles in Vox (e.g. https://www.vox.com/23178764/florida-us19-deadliest-pedestrian-fatality-crisis https://www.vox.com/23178764/florida-us19-deadliest-pedestri... - I heard about this from a podcast episode completely unrelated to this subject area). It has a Wikipedia page - this concept did not have a Wikipedia page before this concept was coined.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroad https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroad
- cyberax 3y agoThe term is pure propaganda, nothing more. I propose we call high-rises "human anthills" and bike lanes in most cities as "emplanes" ("for empty space lanes").
- emodendroket 3y agoBut you’ll notice the Vox article highlights in the headline and early on that the routes are deadly, something not really conveyed here.