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One problem with this is that we've distributed our families and social circles. I would love to ditch my car, but then I wouldn't be able to get to my parents,

• andrepd 6y ago
  That's where public transport comes in.
  • _carbyau_ 6y ago
    I have another comment referring to Canberra, Australia. They failed on the public transport front. They are trying to do better. On the whole, I think city planners should design everything around public transport and it should be seen for the societal value add, rather than as a public expense. Sadly, in Canberra it is buses, often once an hour. And most people feel as though if you catch a bus, it is a social signal that you are not doing very well. Doing public transport well is hard. But Canberra laid a good foundation for great bicycle riding!
    • bluGill 6y ago
      A bus once an hour is the backup of a backup plan for those who have no other options. It means the blind don't have to bother their friends for a ride as often. What it isn't is in anyway useful to anybody. It shouldn't even be called public transit, be honest and call it last ditch option. Real public transit needs to run more often. Half hour service is marginal public transit.
• _carbyau_ 6y ago
  Canberra, Australia, lived 19 years there as adult. Designed and planned from the beginning, founded in 1913. Has several "town centres" with the similar idea of "close to everywhere you need to be". But imbalances of distribution through all the various factors of life mean one town centre has better [X], another has better [Y], your [Z] hobby group may be mostly in another area and your friends and family end up all over the place. And so you travel everywhere anyway.