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The radius of the circle the author used, 500m, is a bit under twice the length of a Manhattan block. I can guarantee you that your typical regular transit use
by bunderbunder 11y ago
The radius of the circle the author used, 500m, is a bit under twice the length of a Manhattan block.
I can guarantee you that your typical regular transit user is capable of walking a couple blocks without having to stop for a Gatorade.
- adrianN 11y agoMaybe they're used to SimCity. Sims walk about 400 meters.
- bane 11y agoIt's a useful metric, IIR the Paris Metro is designed so that no point in the city is more than 500m from a station.
- lloyddobbler 11y agoI was thinking this, too. I can't imagine anyone--even those from out of town--thinking that walking 3-4 blocks to a subway station in NYC is too far to handle. Re: another comment, the Paris Metro _is_ dense enough to work in the city proper - but only in the city proper. A side effect is that the service is super-slow except on 1-2 lines. The slow speed makes it nearly impossible to expand to the marginal/suburb areas, so you wind up with a similar situation to New York's outer boroughs.
- harryjo 11y agoNote: 500m is 2 long blocks (Avenues); 6 street blocks.