A century-old planning paradigm still embedded in the physical fabric of suburbs nationwide is driving a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions.
But it is harder and takes longer than walking 200 meters. Your trip time is the door to door time not the time it takes transit to get there. People generally consider 30 minutes the maximum reasonable commute. 5 minutes of walking, 5 minutes waiting for the bus, then 5 minutes on the other end, and we have already used half of our time before we even got on the bus! This doesn’t allow time for a transfer. While some of my numbers are a little high, they are not unreasonable and they add up why people often say transit is useless even when exists. In turn thinking about what can be done to reduce those numbers is important - but often they increase something else by even more since there are so many compromises.
I’d rather take the extra 2 minute walk out of my neighborhood than live in a street with bus traffic.
There are things to be fixed. The grocery store is a 15 minute walk (one way) IF I trespass through a neighbor’s yard and hop a large fence. So instead it’s half an hour each way.
There is no public transit to speak of here, cul-de-sac or not.
I just think this anti cul-de-sac take is extreme.
We still have legs. It’s not that hard to walk 400m.
But it is harder and takes longer than walking 200 meters. Your trip time is the door to door time not the time it takes transit to get there. People generally consider 30 minutes the maximum reasonable commute. 5 minutes of walking, 5 minutes waiting for the bus, then 5 minutes on the other end, and we have already used half of our time before we even got on the bus! This doesn’t allow time for a transfer. While some of my numbers are a little high, they are not unreasonable and they add up why people often say transit is useless even when exists. In turn thinking about what can be done to reduce those numbers is important - but often they increase something else by even more since there are so many compromises.
I’d rather take the extra 2 minute walk out of my neighborhood than live in a street with bus traffic.
There are things to be fixed. The grocery store is a 15 minute walk (one way) IF I trespass through a neighbor’s yard and hop a large fence. So instead it’s half an hour each way.
There is no public transit to speak of here, cul-de-sac or not.
I just think this anti cul-de-sac take is extreme.