{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.stroad","code":"thing-q108607444","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q108607444/","name":"stroad","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A pejorative term, blending street and road, for a thoroughfare that tries to be both a street, a place with destinations, slow speeds and pedestrians, and a road, a high-speed connection between places, and does neither well, resulting in wide multi-lane arterials lined with businesses, driveways and traffic signals that are dangerous and inefficient; the term was popularised by the urbanist group Strong Towns from the 2010s. Stroads are criticised for high crash rates, poor walkability and car dependence, and proposed remedies include converting them into true streets or roads, with positions attributed as this is an advocacy concept.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the concept of a stroad, relay its definition, origin, criticisms and proposed fixes from urban planning and advocacy sources with the advocacy framing attributed, and distinguish stroads from streets, roads, arterial roads and highways.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Street-road hybrid","Wide and multi-lane","Destinations plus through traffic","Advocacy term"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a stroad is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a stroad, and how does it differ from streets, roads, arterials and highways?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the term used as neutral description or advocacy, which should be attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"origin","name":"Origin","description":"Origin.","findings":[{"id":"origin-finding","name":"Origin","description":"Origin.","questions":[{"text":"Who coined and popularised the term stroad?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits Strong Towns?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"critique","name":"Critique","description":"Criticisms.","layers":[{"id":"safety","name":"Safety","description":"Safety criticisms.","findings":[{"id":"safety-finding","name":"Safety","description":"Safety.","questions":[{"text":"Why do critics say stroads are unsafe and inefficient, with claims attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"economics","name":"Economics","description":"Economic criticisms.","findings":[{"id":"economics-finding","name":"Economics","description":"Economics.","questions":[{"text":"What economic criticisms do advocates make about stroads, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"fixes","name":"Fixes","description":"Proposed fixes.","layers":[{"id":"streets","name":"Streets","description":"Converting to streets.","findings":[{"id":"streets-finding","name":"Streets","description":"Streets.","questions":[{"text":"How would converting a stroad into a true street work?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits complete streets?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"roads","name":"Roads","description":"Converting to roads.","findings":[{"id":"roads-finding","name":"Roads","description":"Roads.","questions":[{"text":"How would converting a stroad into a limited-access road work?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Planning.","layers":[{"id":"planning","name":"Planning","description":"Street design theory.","findings":[{"id":"planning-finding","name":"Planning","description":"Planning.","questions":[{"text":"How does the street-versus-road distinction inform planning, with views attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"safesystems","name":"Safe systems","description":"Safe systems approach.","findings":[{"id":"safesystems-finding","name":"Safe systems","description":"Safe systems.","questions":[{"text":"How does the safe systems approach address arterial road danger?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Vision Zero?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain the term stroad and its origin in urbanist advocacy.","Report crash and injury data for a road from official sources."],"mustNot":["Present stroad as a neutral engineering term rather than an advocacy label.","Use the label to judge a specific road without evidence.","Encourage pedestrians to cross multi-lane arterials away from safe crossings.","Misstate crash statistics to win a planning argument."],"requiresHuman":["Recommending a redesign or speed change for a real road."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["These roads see high rates of pedestrian and cyclist deaths.","Road design shapes car dependence and who can get around safely."],"affectedParties":["Pedestrians and cyclists","Drivers","Local businesses and residents"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the term; the highway authority owns and answers for each road.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q83620","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"thoroughfare","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"street","type":"related"},{"target":"road","type":"related"},{"target":"arterial road","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.stroad","Wikidata: Q108607444 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108607444)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["term coined by: Charles Marohn and Strong Towns note - popularised 2010s","portmanteau: street and road note","registry parent: thoroughfare note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Dysfunctional street-road hybrid","Stroad","Streets are low-speed places with destinations; roads are high-speed connections; arterials carry through traffic; highways are limited-access","Wide multi-lane roads lined with shops, car parks and driveways, with signals and turning traffic."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the concept and origin","relay criticisms","relay proposed fixes","present the advocacy framing with attribution"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["High crash and pedestrian injury rates","Presenting an advocacy term as neutral","Car dependence"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Road design guidance such as complete streets and safe systems approaches"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Describing a problematic street-road hybrid.","commercial arterial stroads","suburban stroads"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q108607444: stroad","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108607444","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Stroad","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroad","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["How should the advocacy origin be attributed?","How should complete streets remedies be linked?","Should arterial road be linked as the neutral term?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q108607444/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q108607444/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-14T01:54:21Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-06T19:51:53+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}