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So a city of 30k people requires less infrastructure than a city of 6M people? Where are the examples of major metropolitan areas without big freeway intersecti
by jupp0r 6y ago
So a city of 30k people requires less infrastructure than a city of 6M people? Where are the examples of major metropolitan areas without big freeway intersections?
- jankassens 6y agoJust looking around Tokio on satellite view: there are a few highways, but nothing compared to the many-layered intersections you see in US cities like Los Angeles or San Diego.
- bonestamp2 6y agoTokyo is amazing in many ways, but especially infrastructure. I was embarrassed when I went there for I felt like the countries I grew up in were lazy by comparison. The most popular type of vehicle on the road there (in my observation) was a concrete truck. The subway system is unbelievable. They don't try to build huge line extensions every few years or decades the way we do, they are constantly expanding and improving it all the time. It's absolutely amazing what they have built there, and at the same time remained incredibly polite and gracious.
- timerol 6y agoAhmedabad, India appears to have about 6M people and 1 highway interchange. The interchange isn't even a full cloverleaf, but instead only allows 4 of the standard 8 cloverleaf options. In 2012 it was listed as India's best city to live in.
- anticensor 6y agoDo you mean this interchange: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/22.9676/72.6599 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/22.9676/72.6599
- rsynnott 6y ago> Where are the examples of major metropolitan areas without big freeway intersections? Many European cities keep them largely outside (in a ring).