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Good lord, just park and walk. Or use that bike lane. Cities have an overabundance of expensive parking [1], which does nothing but waste space and act as giant
by thatjsguy 8y ago
Good lord, just park and walk. Or use that bike lane. Cities have an overabundance of expensive parking [1], which does nothing but waste space and act as giant thermal batteries. Everyone loves complaining about traffic, but we don’t seem to have the political will to do something about it (namely: reduce our dependence on cars). Cities should work to reduce their dependence on cars, not increase it at the expense of cyclists and pedestrians, who are actually the life blood of cities (think about how many pedestrians stop into small business compared to drivers speeding by at 35 mi/h).
[1] https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/more-evidence-that-we-have-too-much-parking https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/more-evidence-that-we-ha...
- jimmaswell 8y agoIn my area, there are places you have to "park and walk" to and places you can just drive to. Second category are the only ones that get my business.
- thatjsguy 8y agoDo you live in a city or a suburb?
- jimmaswell 8y agoIt's like a dense suburbish area. There are both plazas/malls/grocery stores with normal parking and areas set up like small imitation city blocks with parallel parking or no immediate parking. I don't like having to deal with street parking either unless it's a nice clear zone.
- btrettel 8y agoHow far a walk is too much for you?
- jimmaswell 8y agoI avoid having to deal with crosswalks if I can. I also regularly make a 1/2 mile drive to a fast food restaurant.
- mmirate 8y agoAnd how do you travel more than a couple miles and arrive on-time, during the summer, wearing businesslike attire, without smelling like a cyclist upon arrival?
- pavel_lishin 8y agoBus. Subway. Ride-share. Taxi.
- mmirate 8y ago> Bus. Takes 90 minutes to do what my car can do in under 30, and I don't want to wake up yet another hour earlier. > Subway. Doesn't run to the area where I live; and would have to run even farther to reach the office. I suspect the NIMBYs want it like that. > Ride-share. I'm a miserly bachelor in an office full of respectable familypeople. None of them would dare to live within 2 zipcodes of where I live. > Taxi. Is shockingly expensive to use for daily commuting, moreso than financing, fueling and maintaining my own car. Plus, unless rush-hour lasts long enough, each cab will only get one commute ride per rush-hour, so there's no net decrease in traffic for commuting via cab.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoIt definitely seems like your city is determined to sacrifice everything necessary to uphold their car culture.
- mmirate 8y agoOutside of the Pacific-assisted wonder-weather zone of California, summers tend to be hot and humid, and winters aren't particularly mild either. Any amount of travel without the aid of climate control is ... undesirable.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoSure, but things like under- and above-ground rail exist, reasonable bus routes exist, good city planning exists. Punting everything to "well everyone har a car" is effectively giving up.