“We like to call them “the futon of transportation” because, just as a futon is neither a particularly good bed nor a particularly good couch, a stroad is neither a particularly good road or a particularly good street.”
A street builds wealth where people walk and shop. A road moves cars fast between places. The stroad tries to do both, with fast traffic beside driveways and strip malls. It is slow for drivers, dangerous for pedestrians and a poor return for the town that pays to maintain it. Most American suburbs are built out of them.