4 ms·
I hope they also invest in roads and mass transit. A lot of residents in those 10K new homes will be working outside of North Bayshore. Heck, even if one is wor
by RestlessMind 9y ago
I hope they also invest in roads and mass transit. A lot of residents in those 10K new homes will be working outside of North Bayshore. Heck, even if one is working at Google, it could be at any other myriad campuses across Sunnyvale / San Jose / Mt View. There would also be kids, who need to be transported to schools.
Without roads and transit improvements, North Bayshore can easily turn into a nightmare.
- andys627 9y agoBuilding roads/auto-dependence will exacerbate said nightmare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand It's time for a serious change to building around transit, walking, and biking.
- jonursenbach 9y agoThe peninsula isn't really walkable.
- closeparen 9y agoFor it to become walkable, we would have to build buildings close together.
- DrScump 9y agoA lot of residents in those 10K new homes will be working outside of North Bayshore. Yes. And they will all be jamming already-gridlocked Shoreline Blvd. and Amphitheatre Parkway, since US 101 separates them from the rest of civilization.
- closeparen 9y agoAgreed, but >There would also be kids, who need to be transported to schools. We should be building neighborhoods such that kids can walk to school. Even my single-family-home dominated 2.5 square mile "village" could manage that.
- stephencanon 9y agoYeah, 10k homes is more than enough to support a school of it's own. They shouldn't need to be bused anywhere until middle or high school.
- distances 9y ago10k apartments (20-30k residents?) is plenty enough for a high school too