Narrow roads often work better than wide ones

"Designing wider roads means more time for pedestrians to cross, which in turn means more wait times for cars.

Designing more wait times for pedestrians means most cars will go 45 mph on major thoroughfares and stop for 2 minutes instead of going along at 30 mph with less stopping time.

In scenarios with narrower streets engineers can actually increase car capacity because there is less time for pedestrians to cross the street.

Mid-block crossings are safer for pedestrians because there is 
traffic coming from 2 directions instead of 4 at intersections."




Interesting article makes the points above.


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