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The best time for a city to invest in making their city walkable and public-transportation-able is decades ago. The second best time for a city to invest in ma

by LexiMax 9mo ago

The best time for a city to invest in making their city walkable and public-transportation-able is decades ago. The second best time for a city to invest in making their city walkable and public-transportation-able is now.

hopelite 9mo ago
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- lokar 9mo ago
  Localities large and small have been moving towards higher density, walkable and transit oriented development for years now. It's happening, and it works.
  - hopelite 9mo ago
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- LexiMax 9mo ago
  ...Can anybody else make sense of this? Every time I attempt to read it, halfway through my brain flips into the mode that is normally reserved for when people start telling me that Ivermectin is a COVID remedy, or something equally farcical.
  - heavyset_go 9mo ago
    Your brain passed its randomly scheduled calibration test and it's working within spec
  - hopelite 9mo ago
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    - simondotau 9mo ago
      Okay, but what do you think about transport-oriented development?
- notaustinpowers 9mo ago
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  - hopelite 9mo ago
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    - tomhow 9mo ago
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maerF0x0 9mo ago
Not everyone wants walkable. I'd much rather a remote first economy and cars. One of my hobbies is riding motorcycles on race tracks, I need a garage to store them, and a vehicle to tow them there. This is practically impossible in "walkable" cities.
- h2zizzle 9mo ago
  I suppose Honda doesn't make bikes for domestic purchasers.
  - maerF0x0 9mo ago
    I dont understand your comment.
    - h2zizzle 9mo ago
      90% of Japanese residents live in, essentially, a walkable megacity, and plenty of them ride motorcycles on the country's many tracks (which you would expect, since Japan houses several of the top motorcycle manufacturers). They don't have any issues participating in their hobby, and you wouldn't either. Note that this holds without even having to mention that holding the ability for millions of people to be independent and mobile without needing to purchase and maintain a vehicle against a niche and expensive hobby is ridiculous. But there's no need to bring that up because we can have both.

by LexiMax 9mo ago

hopelite 9mo ago

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lokar 9mo ago
Localities large and small have been moving towards higher density, walkable and transit oriented development for years now. It's happening, and it works.
- hopelite 9mo ago
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LexiMax 9mo ago
...Can anybody else make sense of this? Every time I attempt to read it, halfway through my brain flips into the mode that is normally reserved for when people start telling me that Ivermectin is a COVID remedy, or something equally farcical.
- heavyset_go 9mo ago
  Your brain passed its randomly scheduled calibration test and it's working within spec
- hopelite 9mo ago
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  - simondotau 9mo ago
    Okay, but what do you think about transport-oriented development?
notaustinpowers 9mo ago
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- hopelite 9mo ago
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- tomhow 9mo ago
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maerF0x0 9mo ago

Not everyone wants walkable. I'd much rather a remote first economy and cars. One of my hobbies is riding motorcycles on race tracks, I need a garage to store them, and a vehicle to tow them there. This is practically impossible in "walkable" cities.

h2zizzle 9mo ago
I suppose Honda doesn't make bikes for domestic purchasers.
- maerF0x0 9mo ago
  I dont understand your comment.
  - h2zizzle 9mo ago
    90% of Japanese residents live in, essentially, a walkable megacity, and plenty of them ride motorcycles on the country's many tracks (which you would expect, since Japan houses several of the top motorcycle manufacturers). They don't have any issues participating in their hobby, and you wouldn't either. Note that this holds without even having to mention that holding the ability for millions of people to be independent and mobile without needing to purchase and maintain a vehicle against a niche and expensive hobby is ridiculous. But there's no need to bring that up because we can have both.