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> Look, I grew up in California suburbs where car culture is the only culture, but I’ve also looked at the data enough to know that the status quo isn’t working
by Alupis 2y ago
> Look, I grew up in California suburbs where car culture is the only culture, but I’ve also looked at the data enough to know that the status quo isn’t working.
Then you would also be 100% aware your desire for people to walk and take public transit is entirely at odds with reality. It does not work in suburbs or rural areas. The only place these ideas work in reality is in dense urban areas...
- acdha 2y agoFirst, you’ll note that I specified urban a lot. Transit definitely doesn’t work for everyone but it’ll work where the majority of the population is. Second, transit not working in most American suburbs is an artificial choice. Transit works well in the railroad suburb I live in now but the white flight-era suburbs were intentionally designed not to work for transit or pedestrian access and while later designs might have been less intentional about it, low density is a challenge. That low density is also what makes them financially unstable and is creating challenges for an aging population, so I wouldn’t treat it as evidence of strong demand rather than people picking the most heavily subsidized option. California has had a huge boom in ADU construction when it was streamlined, revealing a great deal of market demand for density which was previously stymied.
- Alupis 2y agoWhen you work 40+ miles away from your house - no, suburban (and urban) public transit simply do not work. It is a fiction public transit can solve transportation problems in the US.