Street Standards and the Shaping of Suburbia

The current surge of interest in reassessing the physical form of the American suburb is heightening awareness of the physical and social impacts of local street design. Yet one hundred and fifty years of ideology are so thoroughly embedded in the making of suburban streets that challenges to tradit...

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Published in:Journal of the American Planning Association 1995, Vol.61 (1), p.65-81
Main Authors: Southworth, Michael, Ben-Joseph, Eran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Architecture
Area planning & development
Cities
Design
Housing developments
Ideological aspects
Planning (streets)
Policy making
Roads
Roads & highways
Studies
Suburban areas
U.S.A
United Kingdom
United States
Urban design
Urban planning
USA
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Summary:The current surge of interest in reassessing the physical form of the American suburb is heightening awareness of the physical and social impacts of local street design. Yet one hundred and fifty years of ideology are so thoroughly embedded in the making of suburban streets that challenges to traditional street layouts and design usually meet with outright rejection. How did the design process and built environment become so dependent on certain regulations and criteria? The historical evolution of suburban residential street standards is traced here through a review of professional and technical publications, as well as historical precedents. Urban designers, planners, and engineers should work together to develop street designs that are more responsive to the diverse users of streets and to varied social and geographic settings.
ISSN:0194-4363
1939-0130
DOI:10.1080/01944369508975620