The STROAD - Strong Towns Blog - Strong Towns

According to the Strong Towns Blog, Dixie Hwy. would be what they refer to as a "stroad." Essentially, it is a combination of a local street and a road designed to move cars at high speed. In the process, these sorts of roads don't do either job well. Unfortunately, it is a very common occurrence throughout our nation. Click title for link and check out the Strong Towns website. Especially focus on this page which talks about the characteristics of a strong town.

At about 2:30 in the video, they present solutions to solving the "stroad" situation and taming it for local, neighborhood, pedestrian and biking purposes.