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That isn't true. If you shrink a metropolis the traffic moves slower and the roads take up more relative space, and more people live close to freeways. There i
by SamReidHughes 9y ago
That isn't true. If you shrink a metropolis the traffic moves slower and the roads take up more relative space, and more people live close to freeways. There is a relatively small time advantage when you squeeze a city's transportation system, and if you want quality air you do way better in a suburb or exurb than downtown.
- closeparen 9y agoNew housing in walking distance of likely destinations (or high quality transit) generates fewer vehicle trips than housing that requires driving everywhere. Who cares how much relative space the roads take up? I agree, you personally will experience better air in the suburbs. Everyone in aggregate will experience worse air due to your drive between the city and suburbs.
- SamReidHughes 9y ago> Who cares how much relative space the roads take up? That's a variable that affects travel time (because even moreso less stuff within a given radius).
- closeparen 9y agoI'd argue that shaving a few hundred feet of road off your journey is minuscule compared to shaving 20+mph off your speed. The most bizarre thing about the Narrow Streets proposal is, how they hell are bikes or buses supposed to work at reasonable speed if the streets are choked with them (and pedestrians, who would apparently have right of way on the same paths as bikes and buses, rather than parallel sidewalks).
- SamReidHughes 9y agoI'm not talking about any narrow streets proposal, just highways and major roads taking up more relative width as something to account for.