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That's a really interesting point you brought up there. I wanted to come up with the counter-example of Hong Kong, which is already a hyper-dense city. But, as
by Joe-Z 7y ago
That's a really interesting point you brought up there. I wanted to come up with the counter-example of Hong Kong, which is already a hyper-dense city. But, as it turns out, bikes do get pushed out there in favour of public transport:
https://www.tripsavvy.com/where-to-rent-and-ride-a-bike-in-hong-kong-1535979 https://www.tripsavvy.com/where-to-rent-and-ride-a-bike-in-h...
Other contemporary* cities should still implement more bike-friendly infrastructure. There's other goals which can be furthered by more people biking. Climate change and public health come to mind.
*we can worry about the problems of hyper-density when it's actually here. For most of the big western cities this is probably at least a few decades out.
- choeger 7y ago> we can worry about the problems of hyper-density when it's actually here I think we should actively work against hyper dense cities. Or at least have the citizens decide about how dense they want their city to become (but then they'll have to live with the consequences). Right now we are facing dense cities and try to somehow adjust the policies after the fact. That seems not ideal.
- Joe-Z 7y agoIt surely isn't ideal, but that's kind of how the world works, no? New developments emerge and we adjust our laws to deal with the new situation in a way that society sees fit. IMHO voting on something like maximum population density policies is way too abstract of a concept for people to even have an opinion about. If it were the opposite one might think we as humans have some kind of plan going into the future... ;)