Is that amount of time common to walk in places in the world where cars don’t dictate the layout of the community?
Im going to be making this walk tomorrow, no worries, I’m just curious if its normal in other places. Maps says its 1hour15minues for 2.3miles or 3.7Km.
I usually run that kind of distance on a e scooter. Faster, less noise and pollution.
People talking walkable cities forget that cars move more than just people. And people don’t stay in one living spot all the time. No modern city works without the logistics moving goods in and out and peoples stuff from and to their homes and businesses.
So you can’t just remove all the streets and make a denser neighborhood. You need alternative solutions for logistics. I work in rail and I can tell you there is too many people starving in the world, but not for a lack of food but for a lack of logistics infrastructure to get the food to them in time.
Me personally I love underground rail networks and pneumatic tube delivery, but as an engineer i know about the weaknesses of these systems. For now that remains a dream.
No, we don’t forget that! What, you think we’re idiots? In fact, we are able to distinguish the difference between logistics vehicles and people moving about in individual vehicles. Those are two very different things. A dozen or so semis to the grocery store every day is a far sight different than thousands of cars.
Walkable cities around the world still have stores. And vehicles. It’s not that hard.
Cool, let’s acknowledge families next. :) I used public transportation until shopping for 5 kids and taking them everywhere until they are old enough required the use of a car. Not a fan, but couldn’t be helped. How do we solve for that in walkable neighborhoods? I know what you want to say, let’s play devils advocate and find some good arguments to use. ;)
Simple: Kids can walk, too.
Tell me to don’t have kids without telling me you don’t have small kids. X)