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It's not only been done in cities all over the world, it's very much currently in progress in many places. Seattle is expanding rail, removing single family zon
by socialismisok 4y ago
It's not only been done in cities all over the world, it's very much currently in progress in many places. Seattle is expanding rail, removing single family zoning, and building higher density while expanding transit. It maybe takes a decade or two, but it's extremely doable.
- coryrc 4y agoOver 80% of Seattle housing land is SFH. The "expanded rail" runs to non-walkable suburbs instead of filling out Seattle. Pretend we believed there was a climate crisis and decided to stop all cars. At our current rate of transit increase and our current population increase, I think we're at centuries before we'd even have the capacity. https://www.theurbanist.org/2018/06/01/correct-percentage-single-family-zoning-seattle/ https://www.theurbanist.org/2018/06/01/correct-percentage-si...
- socialismisok 4y ago0% of Seattle is zoned exclusively single family housing. Everywhere it's legal to build more than one unit per lot. And the trains have absolutely resulted in both increased density and upzoning. Greenwood and Phinney ridge are both "suburban" but totally walkable. All we need to do is properly fund transit. It's not hard, it's just not cheap.
- coryrc 4y agoI would not consider something you can't sell separately (ADU) a "unit", which would make me disagree with your second sentence. The light rail doesn't go to Phinney or Greenwood, but I meant Lynnwood, Shoreline, etc stops. It's not just "not cheap", it's ruinously more costly than cars. Housing just isn't dense enough to bake it affordable.