There's a route in my city that I've hated for years. It's bad to drive on. It's bad to ride a bike on. It's bad to walk on. But I never could really put my finger on why it was so loathsome until I read the new @strongtowns book Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town by Chuck Marohn. Now I know why: This route is a stroad. So I decided to go on a bicycle adventure all along the worst stroad in my city to really get to the heart of its awfulness.

Here's the book: https://amzn.to/3vDrfa3

0:00 Provisioning my adventure. 0:48 What the heck is a stroad? 1:53 The one-way stroad. 2:47 The vacant lots. 3:24 A visit to the cemetery. 5:14 Complexity versus efficiency. 6:57 Crossing a stroad. 8:14 Congestion and the tax burden of stroads. 10:02 The real tragedy of stroads: Collisions and injuries.

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• Here's the winter bike I'm riding these days: https://bit.ly/2PhqUqF • Cliq Smart Bike Light (nice rear brake light): https://amzn.to/39lfqwo • RedShift Acrlight Smart LED Pedals (clever lights for your pedals): https://amzn.to/3NL1Npg • Aftershokz Titanium bone-conducting headphones (if you want to listen while you ride): https://amzn.to/3e9Tofa • JBL CLip 4 Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker (for your party-pace group rides): https://amzn.to/3pcMLPm • Crane Bicycle Bell (the ding is sublime): https://amzn.to/3OwfZCu • Ibex Merino Wool clothing (good for summer and winter): https://bit.ly/3xXkbEd • Bicycle Cargo Net (why did it take so long for me to buy one of these?): https://amzn.to/31s1Ovu • Vaude Cover II Rain Poncho (for higher-end, try Cleverhood or People’s Poncho): https://amzn.to/3jLkift • Kryptonite U-Lock (your bike is going to get stolen eventually, sigh, but at least make it difficult on the thief): https://amzn.to/3tPWcGi • Peak Design phone case (the one I use, paired with the Peak Design phone mount): https://amzn.to/3HGM0FU

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