Found all over the U.S. and Canada, stroads are neither functional streets nor efficient roads. This video outlines how they ...

It's not quite a road, and it's not quite a street. You drive them every day, and they are some of the most dangerous places in Washington. They are stroads.

The term stroad is portmanteau of street and road. Stroads try to be both a thoroughfare for vehicles, and a place for people. Typically they fail at both, and the result is unpleasant for everyone.

A “stroad” is an evocative term coined by Charles Marohn of Strong Towns. It refers to those dangerous, multi-lane thoroughfares you encounter in nearly every city and suburb in America.

The "stroad" of Southeast Powell at 92nd. (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) Confessions of a Recovering Engineer (Wiley, 2021) is an unusual book by a man who I imagine is charismatic in person, ...

Is the ‘Michigan Left’ the Cure for the Common Stroad? We dive into how Detroit's greatest traffic innovation was born from mass transit. By Byron Hurd. Published May 20, 2025 11:28 AM EDT.

A stroad is a type of thoroughfare that is typically an unplanned mix between a street and a road that toils with capturing the essence of both, often failing. Stroads, ...

A stroad attempts to do both at the same time. Article content Similar to other stroads across Ottawa, a large portion of Innes has houses, grocery stores and local businesses alongside it.

As part of a $185 million jurisdictional transfer with the Oregon Department of Transportation completed in April 2022, the City of Portland is hard at work transforming 82nd Avenue from a deadly, ...

That’s how Sam Austin, a leading urban planner at JOC Consulting advocating for housing and friendly cities, labels Parramatta Road. “A scar right through the heart our city,” he added ...

This year, the Ann Arbor area has seen a slew of cars crash into buildings, including a Subway, a pub, an optometrist’s office, a supermarket and even someone’s house, despite the fact that businesses ...