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“ In cities such as Buenos Aires, Bogota and Mexico City, commutes can be up to three hours.” Wouldn’t better mass transit fix part of the problem?
by melling 7y ago
“ In cities such as Buenos Aires, Bogota and Mexico City, commutes can be up to three hours.”
Wouldn’t better mass transit fix part of the problem?
- jeromegv 7y agoBuenos Aires has quite good public transit so I was surprised to read that
- rayiner 7y agoPublic transit based commutes typically are longer. In downtown DC, you can often bike faster than the subway though downtown because of all the stops.
- cryptonector 7y agoSubways run every 3 minutes during rush hour, and the buses are all private and provide unbelievable coverage of the city and suburbs, with fantastic frequencies too. The subway system is rather small, but the buses provide all the coverage needed. (There's also rail, but buses are the real workhorse, and again, they're private.)
- AnthonyMouse 7y ago> Wouldn’t better mass transit fix part of the problem? Adding transit might help, but not as much as adding housing. If you have a three hour commute and they put in better transit, now you have a two hour commute. But your rent goes up because you're closer to better transit, so you either have to pay more (which you can't afford) or move to somewhere with a 2.5 hour commute at your original rent (and pay moving costs). And there is no feasible transit you can add to make the housing which is 150 miles from the jobs have a reasonable commute. The only thing for it is more housing near the jobs.
- melling 7y ago“Nightmarish traffic jams...” The very first line of the article makes me believe that people don’t live 150 miles away. Maybe 30-50 miles and you’re driving 10-15 miles an hour?