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Rome is notable for having kind of not great subway infrastructure for a major European city because, among other problems, they tend to encounter a lot of arch
by davidw 3y ago
Rome is notable for having kind of not great subway infrastructure for a major European city because, among other problems, they tend to encounter a lot of archeological stuff whenever they dig there.
And I'm not even talking about major cities. Where I lived in Padova, it has approximately 200K people in the same area that about 100K people occupy here in Bend, Oregon. Padova has way better transit than Bend does even if Bend is much more well to do in many ways.
- majormajor 3y agoIs Bend gripped by housing issues and traffic as much as the Bay Area or NYC or wherever? The folks I know in smaller US towns simply don't have the same concerns about parking spaces as those in high-demand, high-population, central large cities. And comparing those cities to typically-small-to-medium-size Italian cities doesn't result in very actionable practical plans.
- davidw 3y agoBend has very serious housing woes. The housing crisis, at this point, has spread out from the epicenter type places like the Bay Area. One of my best friends here got priced out and now drives in 40 minutes from a nearby town. That's bad for 1) him and his family 2) the environment 3) traffic. If you ask people on Nextdoor, they'll probably tell you there's also a traffic crisis, but it's not true.