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The model that gets us out of this predicament is trivially simple and literally fits on one line: Really Narrow Streets Unfortunately most North American loc
by avn2109 10y ago
The model that gets us out of this predicament is trivially simple and literally fits on one line:
Really Narrow Streets
Unfortunately most North American local government has a savagely visceral hatred of that idea.
Full disclosure I stole this idea from [0].
[0] http://www.newworldeconomics.com/archives/2006/032606.htm http://www.newworldeconomics.com/archives/2006/032606.htm
- sdenton4 10y agoPretty good article; the metric that more fully captures the idea is the ratio of land used for cars instead of people. Narrow streets takes care of the on street parking idiocy, which is the worst of it, but the number of parking structure where there could be residential buildings is also helpful to track. And the six lane highways cutting through the middle of town takes a huge amount of space...
- krakensden 10y agoI feel like urbanists should talk about Mexico more. They have really narrow streets, as-of-right construction, and they are much closer than Vienna or Hong Kong.
- ceras 10y agoAs someone with a city planning hobbyist interest, I've visited Mexico City and greatly disliked it. It's a miserable city to get around in, though I can see its potential if it ever decides to move away from heavy car infrastructure (some core neighborhoods are pretty nice so long as you don't want to leave them). Were you thinking of somewhere else in Mexico, or specific parts of Mexico City?
- krakensden 10y agoI was further north- Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas.