One minor quibble, before we line up too quickly behind the deceptively simple “form follows function.” Yes, that’s true, but Buford Highway’s intended function was whisking as many cars as possible towards the ‘burbs as quickly as possible and its form predictably follows that.

The trick is getting a broader range of functions — walking, biking and accessibility, for example — prioritized so that, when DOT is at the drawing board, they count those things among the functions that form is expected to follow. I’m sure this is what you meant, but wanted to make sure. It’s the political agreement on the functions that seems so hard sometimes… especially outside Decatur.