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I can't help feeling that designing transport policy around efficient addressing is perhaps not getting priorities right.
by hgomersall 4y ago
I can't help feeling that designing transport policy around efficient addressing is perhaps not getting priorities right.
- nkrisc 4y agoChicago has its transport issues for sure, but I’m having trouble understanding how the things you mentioned are related. The grid layout is not the cause of Chicago’s transport issues. In fact, many of Chicago’s neighborhoods have their commercial centers where you can get groceries and just about everything else you need, without a car. Everywhere I lived in Chicago I was walking distance from a grocery store and did all my shopping each day after work, walking home from the train station. I rarely drove anywhere in the city. Buses are regular and frequent and run on most major roads (every half mile). Chicago is not a paragon of public transit, but it’s not as bad as you seem to be making it sound and it’s not because of the addressing system. The issues it has are mostly a matter of investment and underserved areas that mirror Chicago’s history of racist planning policies.