Two-way stroads almost always have cross-sections of four or more lanes.  Speed limits are usually 35-50, but most will drive about 10-mph faster, restrained mainly by fear of getting a ticket.  Yet despite fast cruise speeds, average "A to B" speeds are far less due to complex 4-phase traffic signals and general congestion exacerbated by those signals.  

The “Complete Street” and "Livable Street" movements aim to tame Stroads, but when an arterial serves 25,000 to 70,000 vehicles per day, most traffic engineers are leery of "traffic calming" proposals that might create "gridlock."  There are increasing numbers of livability-minded engineers who are willing to champion traffic calming on high-volume arterials, but they are stuck in a conundrum... How do you actually do it? 

With such high volumes, it seems there is no choice but the Stroad: 2-lanes each direction, along with center median lanes and double-left lanes at key intersections.  That is a LOT of hardscape, and a lot of dangerous conflicts with pedestrians and other vehicles.  Taking Stroads is like trying to catch a greased and squealing pig.  If livability-focused planners and engineers manage to catch the pig and calm it long enough to apply lipstick, it's still just "lipstick on a pig."  If your hope was to attract walkable mixed-use development.  "Good luck with that!"

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