Radburn, founded in 1929, was intended to be the "town in which people could live peacefully with the automobile-or rather in spite of it". Radburn was designed in such a way that thoroughfares had a specialized use; main roads linking traffic at various sections, service lanes to allow direct access to buildings, and express highways.
Radburn, established in 1929, was envisioned as a "town where people could live peacefully alongside automobiles—or rather, despite them." Radburn's layout was designed to have thoroughfares with specific purposes: main roads connecting traffic across sections, service lanes for direct building access, and express highways.