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>Second, traffic from density imposes costs on transportation. So movement is more difficult in a dense environment. haha what? no. Suburban sprawl and car ori
by Tiktaalik 10y ago
>Second, traffic from density imposes costs on transportation. So movement is more difficult in a dense environment.
haha what? no. Suburban sprawl and car oriented transportation systems are dramatically more expensive than denser communities where you can viably walk, bike and take public transit. There are all sorts of studies on this.
Consider how expensive it is to walk 15 minutes to work for example. (it's free)
- wott 10y agoDoing the same distance in a city, compared to the countryside or small towns, always takes longer. Driving is slower (traffic jams, traffic lights, crossings everywhere...). Public transportation is slower (think train and long/middle distance busses vs local busses and subway and tramway with their stops every few hundred meters). Cycling is slower (same as for cars + the repeated effort of restarting after every slow down or stop + damn paint and gutter plates everywhere that should be avoided or ridden with care). Heck! even walking is slower (pedestrian 'jams' slowing you down, avoiding people, traffic lights, crossings every 50 or 100 meters, cars/trucks parked on sidewalks...). Basically, what's fast and efficient is a point to point transport with 'emptyness' between the nodes. It's not being bogged down on a dense axis or area.