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I lived without a car in the Western Cape for years. I had a shopping center, day care, and office all within ten minutes of where I stayed. Yes it was expensi
by nostrebored 3y ago
I lived without a car in the Western Cape for years. I had a shopping center, day care, and office all within ten minutes of where I stayed.
Yes it was expensive, but car free living is going to be expensive until cities actually prioritize it. We've already funded car infrastructure for so long, and urban cores directly subsidize the rest of the area, even in areas where the urban core is poor. It's not absurd to expect a redistribution of funding.
- robertlagrant 3y agoWell, the Western Cape you can do it at a stretch, if you get lifts or don't have friends who live far. Same as Durban; if you live close to everything then it can work, but it's rare. As regards funding: the Gautrain cost a fortune for the number of people it serves! Funding would help, as it would help anything, but I don't know if it's the base problem.