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I have seen hundreds of new apartment and condo units built within three miles of my LA neighborhood in the last four years. Dozens within a half mile. What i

I have seen hundreds of new apartment and condo units built within three miles of my LA neighborhood in the last four years. Dozens within a half mile. What it has meant so far is additional traffic congestion, increased commute times for everyone, more demand for government education and emergency services and more air pollution. I'm not quite seeing how the government can be taking enough money in to make up for the reduction in service levels and overburdened infrastructure. Based on the broken roads and sidewalks around my neighborhood and LA generally, it doesn't seem like it is doing that.

honkhonkpants 10y ago
That is one reason why transit-oriented development makes more sense today. We don't want to build a lot of car-dependent neighborhoods because the freeways can't handle it. It is very important today that cities develop in ways that make sense, are sustainable, and contribute to the health (financial and otherwise) of their cities, instead of being maintenance burdens without accompanying tax revenue. In my city of Oakland unfortunately we have both. A successful example would be the Fruitvale transit village (https://critical-sustainabilities.ucsc.edu/fruitvale-transit/ https://critical-sustainabilities.ucsc.edu/fruitvale-transit...).