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This would never happen from a commercial real estate standpoint. Commercial RE development shapes a lot (all?) of urban areas and the most valuable real estate
by solotronics 11y ago
This would never happen from a commercial real estate standpoint. Commercial RE development shapes a lot (all?) of urban areas and the most valuable real estate is almost always in the highest traffic areas. Restaurants want to be at the busiest most congested intersections.
- Thlom 11y agoWhy? Traffic drives away pedestrians. Restaurants should want to be close to public transport hubs and other spots with high pedestrian throughput. More people will see your restaurant, and it's easier for a pedestrian to enter a restaurant then a driver in a car three lanes over ...
- phkahler 11y agoAnd my local Walmart has a driveway not 100 yards from a freeway exit. They want easy access in high traffic areas, but that doesn't mean we have to give it to them. The congestion caused by this is really bad. One concept I throw around is that all roads have a numeric classification, and we don't allow intersections between things that differ in classification by more than 1 level. This puts all driveways (business included) on side streets. And then disallow intersections being closer that a certain distance along a road based on its classification. This forces a hierarchy that at least separates things to reduce congestion.