Road Width Extremism
a day ago
- Author changed from anti-car to advocating narrow inner roads (~1.5 cars wide) with no on-street parking.
- Taipei has a grid of major roads (6-8 lanes) and small neighborhood streets where cars yield to pedestrians.
- This two-tier system provides clarity: cars dominate major roads but are guests on minor roads.
- Barcelona's superblock project aims for similar effect but retrofitting existing medium-large roads.
- US cities should follow Barcelona model (retrofit), new developments should use Taipei model.