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by andys627 9y ago
Give subsidies to the businesses that are affected...
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by andys627 9y ago
Developers build cities. Developers maximize profit. In the USA, the gov't defines where incentives are. That is why we have urban sprawl everywhere (including the bay area). I always thought this project, S. Lake Union (Amazon), Toron
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by andys627 9y ago
Barcelona's are shorter, include a variety of buildings per block, and are generally ringed by retail. Example: http://www.densityatlas.org/user-images/139-1.jpg Le Corbusier was building single taller buildings,
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by andys627 9y ago
This is cool tech, but more cars/miles travelled is bad, not good. We would be healthier, happier, less harmful to environment, richer, have more friends, be better connected to our communities, etc. if we built mobility around walking
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by andys627 9y ago
Building roads/auto-dependence will exacerbate said nightmare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand It's time for a serious change to building around transit, walking, and biking.
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by andys627 9y ago
Lots of our streetcar suburbs ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar_suburb ) are walkable and low density. A key aspect of auto-dependence/sprawl is separation of uses (think big box commercial w/large park
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by andys627 9y ago
absolute
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by andys627 9y ago
SEEKING WORK Hello! I'm looking for contract jobs doing front end and/or full stack JS development. I've been working exclusively in React/Redux for the past year. Most recently I've been working on a React app with
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by andys627 9y ago
Woah! Seattle and LA are majorly investing in transit. I'm excited to visit as they come online throughout my life!
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by andys627 9y ago
> Isn't much... $200/yr. For comparison: California $83/yr. Nevada $33/yr.
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by andys627 9y ago
> People drive. A lot. It’s just widely accepted that this is what a car costs. I think this is a key difference between Denmark and USA. Here in USA drivers don't think they're being subsidized. A common argument against trans
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by andys627 9y ago
The thing is - 100% tax on cars is libertarian. You charge car owners something closer to the costs they cause to society. Compare that to the USA where we heavily subsidize car ownership.
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by andys627 9y ago
They're not excessive - they're more in line with true cost of car dependent society. In the US we shower subsidies on car owners. Some examples: using general fund money to build highways, charging low gas taxes that don't c
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Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% (2017)(bloomberg.com)
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by andys627 9y ago
It's more what the gov't is subsidizing than what people enjoy. EG in the US it's easy to get a loan for a new single family detached house, gas taxes are low, lots of "general fund" money goes towards building high
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by andys627 9y ago
These things aren't from density. Suburban auto dependent homogeneity comes with another bag of crappy things - isolation, socioeconomic echo chamber, inneficient infrastructure (eg think about how many linear feet of pipe for peripher
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by andys627 9y ago
Car optional lifestyle vs car dependent.
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by andys627 9y ago
Yeah there are tons of 100-500 acre subdivision projects - surprising none of them are for this type of city. It would be like a new age streetcar suburb.
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Both points definitely true. I guess my argument is you can accomplish the same (probably more?) massive increase in quality of life without the suburban auto dependent monoculture. Look at quality of life (especially with regard to ease of
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by andys627 9y ago
Definitely not. Car dominance is heavily subsidized at all levels of government.
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Maybe from cars hitting people - but how about death from obesity and environmental degradation of suburban auto-oriented lifestyle as compared to urban walkable/transit oriented lifestyle.
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by andys627 9y ago
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by andys627 9y ago
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by andys627 9y ago
My iPhone 6 battery health is 91% and it still sucks since the update.
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by andys627 9y ago
Works better than expected - nice! Wasn't sure what to do at the icons screen. Maybe "close" should be "see logo ideas".
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