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, and other automobile-oriented businesses. Stroads have been criticized by urban planners for safety issues and for inefficiencies. While streets serve as destinations and provide access to shops and residences at safe traffic speeds, roads serve as high-speed connections that efficiently move traffic at high volume, and stroads attempt to serve both purposes. Critics argue they are often an expensive, inefficient, and dangerous compromise.

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