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Many MANY cities are struggling with this -- business parks outside of the city core and the only way between is commute via car. Frankly this blows pretty har
by ihsw 10y ago
Many MANY cities are struggling with this -- business parks outside of the city core and the only way between is commute via car.
Frankly this blows pretty hard and the only remediation is reliable public transit between the two, or more to the point, some form of light rail (with frequent all-day every-day service) or even heavy rapid transit. Sadly many municipalities find this unappetizing as the time-frame for such a project stretches past a decade and the cost into the billions, so such cities will inevitably be left to languish.
I can only hope that they start to see the writing on the wall sooner than later.
The complete and total lack of attention to bicycle infrastructure is an issue too, but that is a whole different can of worms.
- makecheck 10y agoThe weird thing for me is how many companies resist working from home (permanently) as a solution. Screwed-up office and housing locations become a lot more palatable when you never have to make that commute. I’m not sure how it became a thing to distrust employees so much that teams can’t even conceive of somebody that is never in the office. The silliest situation I encountered was one a few years ago where a manager couldn’t see how ridiculous it was that he disallowed working from home for employees in his own city even though half the people on his team were in another state and he could never keep tabs on them anyway.