I guess you could choose to live closer to a station and work closer to a station. That’s how most cities worldwide ever got to be cities. The train tracks were made before the cities.
The last mile problem is a misunderstanding of how cities change when public transport is available. “Build it and they’ll come” has been proven over and over again.
Housing newr public transit is unattainably expensive, and employers have left the cities because “everyone has a car.”
The last mile problem is conveniently ignored by public transit advocates because there is no proper solution. Build what and where? Proven where? Who will come? I support the concept, and agree with the underlying benefits, but the solutions offered are unrealistic and not persuasive. I am informed on the subject and sympathetic to the cause. If you don’t have an answer, you can’t hide it with a condescending hand-wave.
Look at Tokyo. They build the extremely expensive subway system long before it was needed and made it run efficiently on time. It’s now the worlds largest city.
I guess you could choose to live closer to a station and work closer to a station. That’s how most cities worldwide ever got to be cities. The train tracks were made before the cities.
The last mile problem is a misunderstanding of how cities change when public transport is available. “Build it and they’ll come” has been proven over and over again.
Housing newr public transit is unattainably expensive, and employers have left the cities because “everyone has a car.”
The last mile problem is conveniently ignored by public transit advocates because there is no proper solution. Build what and where? Proven where? Who will come? I support the concept, and agree with the underlying benefits, but the solutions offered are unrealistic and not persuasive. I am informed on the subject and sympathetic to the cause. If you don’t have an answer, you can’t hide it with a condescending hand-wave.
Look at Tokyo. They build the extremely expensive subway system long before it was needed and made it run efficiently on time. It’s now the worlds largest city.