Charles Marohn
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Charles Marohn is an American author, land-use planner, municipal engineer, and the founder and president of Strong Towns, an organization which advocates for the development of dense towns and the re
Marohn in 2021
Stroad
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A stroad is a thoroughfare that combines the features of streets and roads. Common in the United States and Canada, stroads are wide arterials that also provide access to strip malls, drive-throughs,
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…that suburbs are very difficult to adapt to an efficient, dense model because they were built as fully developed places. In 2011, he coined the word "stroad," a street/road hybrid, which has become popular among urbanists and planners. According to Marohn, stroads are the "futon" of transportation alternatives…
A five-lane stroad on NY 78 (Transit Road) in Amherst, New York, surrounded by auto-oriented commercial development with empty sidewalks
Northern Boulevard in Queens New York and Old York Road in Elkins Park Pennsylvania showing examples of an urban and suburban stroad respectively
Queens Boulevard, known in New York City as the Boulevard of Broken Bones, alternatively as the Boulevard of Death, for its frequent pedestrian injuries and deaths
Typical sidewalk next to a stroad (Route 107 in Lynn, Massachusetts)