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>With our current infrastructure, yes, but that's because of how we chose to design things. If we built 10 residential towers within a 7 minute walk of a rapid
by yourusername 3y ago
>With our current infrastructure, yes, but that's because of how we chose to design things. If we built 10 residential towers within a 7 minute walk of a rapid transit station, and run trains every 3 minutes at peak times, you bet your bottom dollar transit will destroy a car commute for every resident of those towers.
For certain trips like residential cluster A to residential cluster B. Add in a realistic scenario like commuting to work from your residential tower to a warehouse job in a low density light industrial zone and cars will be faster every time.
I live in a place with supposedly world class public transportation and it still makes very little sense to take public transportation outside a few scenarios. Most realistic trips you're looking at 2-3 times the travel time you would have by car, even during rush hour.
- bluGill 3y agoThat isn't world class transit.
- dukeyukey 3y ago> in a low density light industrial zone In a city with excellent public transport, you get a segregation effect - jobs that don't require (many) vehicles (office work, much of consumer retail, certain kinds of light industry) build up in areas with public transport links. Then industries that do require vehicle access (warehousing, heavy industry, builder's merchants, trade buisnesses) build up in areas without public transport links, since they're cheaper than those with access. At an individual level driving to your office or training to a warehouse might still work or be necessary, but at a population-level it happens less than you'd think.
- theluketaylor 3y agoThere are multiple car factories in several different German cities directly connected to rail rapid transit. Many types of trips can be supported by public transit with the right investments.