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San Diegan here. Why is it that companies only want to be in UTC, downtown, or maybe Carlsbad? Part of the problem is that we don't distribute where people work
by pseudosavant 7y ago
San Diegan here. Why is it that companies only want to be in UTC, downtown, or maybe Carlsbad? Part of the problem is that we don't distribute where people work like we do where they live. Enticing more businesses to operate outside of these 3 locations could do wonders. Even for facilitating public transit.
SD's public transportation issue is that SD is just so spread out and public transportation is typically slower than cars due to stops, waiting, etc. Oceanside to downtown (~38 miles) takes ~75 minutes, or just over 30 mph. The only places where public trans works well is when people don't have to travel that far.
- tathougies 7y agoNonsense. People in london regularly commute to the city via train from similar distances.
- sd_dev 7y ago>The only places where public trans works well is when people don't have to travel that far. This simply is not true. A lot of people in SD think this is true, but it is not. There is nothing structurally unique about SD that makes it a nightmare for transportation. It's just that SD as a city lacks the will and the leadership to make the necessary changes happen. Civic planning is on autopilot from the 1960s: build condos everywhere, and widen roads whenever possible. This is a recipe for continued nightmares.