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I think this is approximately the same as saying that transportation is the limiting factor in city growth?
by tbrownaw 7y ago
I think this is approximately the same as saying that transportation is the limiting factor in city growth?
- lmm 7y agoYeah. The length of commute that people are willing to tolerate is approximately constant, so as transport provision increases the number of people who work in a given city increases, capped by that same commute time. Given the value of agglomeration effects (there was a recent piece here on how authors are more productive if they work around others), isn't that what we want?