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Ah, I took the person to mean our physical geography. Our urban geography is of course the reason for our car use: we've put policy into place so that cars are
by caturopath 6y ago
Ah, I took the person to mean our physical geography. Our urban geography is of course the reason for our car use: we've put policy into place so that cars are incentivized and other forms of transportation are disincentivized, with density being a cornerstone of that.
- imtringued 6y agoDensity is one factor but the complete separation of commercial and residential zoning is also a huge factor. In a lot of walkable cities the first floor of most buildings is often reserved for low impact commercial uses like shops or restaurants. I am in a car dependent city (I need the car to go to work) but the fact that there are 3 stores in walking distance helps cut down on the voluntary car trips significantly. Even the weekly trip to a far away store takes 10 minutes at most by car.