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Right-sizing rights-of-way: It’s time to question street width standards

Naama Blonder Infrastructure Design National Feb. 6 2026

For as long as most developers can remember, street width standards have been treated as untouchable. They are embedded in engineering manuals and municipal guidelines, rarely questioned and almost never challenged.

 

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