Architect and urban & computational designer Abhinav Bhardwaj made this great set of slides comparing urban design in the US and Europe, peppered with pithy observations like:
- European space is shaped on purpose: American open space is what’s left over.
- Small blocks make more corners, more routes, more street life.
- A fine grid offers hundreds of routes; the tree offers one way out.
The depiction shows a 6+ lane street like, e.g. the city ring street of a large city.
Which is more like 35-50 m, at least for a european city.
You’re right.