• OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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      8 days ago

      Residential streets aren’t generally intended for through traffic. They’re meant to provide access to the people who live there. These are areas where kids play and people go on walks and stuff, having a bunch of cars run through trying to get from point A to point B as fast as possible is not ideal. That’s why you get cul-de-sacs, intentionally designed with one way in or out, to prevent drivers from cutting through.

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          We have a real issue with the conflation of streets and roads in North America. Some people call these abominations stroads.

          Proper urban planning makes a stark distinction between a street:

          And a road:

      • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
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        8 days ago

        Oh, so that’s why its always quicker going through the back-streets but Google sends me through the clogged arteries like I’m Sheeple?

        Makes sense, I guess. I’ll probably keep doing it even though it is a bit of a dick move