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Places like Singapore are an isolated incidents. They have nowhere else to grow (unless they want to reclaim land from the ocean sort of what seoulites did with

• xbmcuser 9y ago
  If I recall correctly Singapore has increased it's landmass by about 20% in 50 or so years by reclaiming land from the sea. I have to say though they have plans that by 2030 no place should be more than 10-15min walk from an mrt station and have been trialing different kinds of self driving tech for the last mile travel. I expect in 10 years they might actually get to a point where owning a car might not be worth the hassle.
  • holydude 9y ago
    I would say in most of the cities that are like Singapore owning a car is a hassle. The point is you cannot replicate Singapore. Take Seoul for example with its massive and well maintained infrastructure. The city despite the similar population density is just too big to efficiently cover all its corners by public infrastructure. Sure this will work for "poor" (loose definition of poor i am talking about people that can afford to own a car but prefer not to because it would perhaps eat to much of their budget) that can or have to cope with the public mrt but will not work for 70% (number out of my ass) of other citizens. The solution is clearly a better urban planning, perhaps some limits to the size of the cities etc.