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The "obsession" is a practicality. I lived for 7 years without a car in a big city. I finally moved to a place where cars were practical and will never go back
by JaceLightning 4y ago
The "obsession" is a practicality.
I lived for 7 years without a car in a big city. I finally moved to a place where cars were practical and will never go back.
No bus is point to point. Generally you need to walk, wait for the bus, take the bus (which is slower than driving because it makes multiple stops), get off the bus, wait for the next bus, and then repeat two or three times.
It can turn in 30 minute journey into a 90 minute one. Then you have to pay for the driver and the gas. If you live in a place where it is freezing cold or constantly raining that 15 minute walk to or from the bus could be a nightmare.
What about transporting things, like groceries? I couldn't carry both a gallon of milk and hardly anything else, let alone any small appliance. I relied heavily on Amazon and peapod, which is really wasteful and expensive.
We need to stop this obsession with public transportation.
- r00fus 4y ago> The "obsession" is a practicality. That's the point, it's practical because it was designed that way. Intentionally. If you've lived in Europe, where mixed developments are the default, then cars are actually only necessary some of the times. My cousins in France live literally 2 doors down from a boulangerie and get fresh out of the oven pastries in 5 min. The ideal is that instead of using the car, you use your feet and it's even faster.
- Ferret7446 4y agoYou can't beat physics. Sure, you can design things so that key facilities and services can be reached on foot, but you simply can't provide the same facilities that could be reached in a car radius vs walking radius.
- r00fus 4y agoSure you can. I've seen it done numerous ways. France is a good example (above) - not only is the boulangerie 2 doors down, the others are literally within 10m away by walk. In Hong Kong, some of my friends lived in a tower where the grocery, post office, etc were all on the basement floor (and the elevators were unbelievably fast) - I swear it was the closest thing I'd ever seen in this world to Foundation/Trantor. When thinking about a car, you also have to chalk-in parking and traffic. I bet you most people spend more than 10m door to door to their grocery store.