Sunday, 1 September 2019

Land has no value unless transportation makes it quickly accessible

quote [ the Marchetti Constant -people have always been willing to commute for about a half-hour …
The city of bicycles and streetcars: 1880s-1950s
streetcars and bicycles could cover about 4 miles in a half-hour …It was the first great mass-market suburban boom

The city underground: 1900s-1950s
A person can navigate New York City almost perfectly with a fifty-year-old map. ]

History of urban development.

The article doesn't mention Utrecht, where they have a bicycle mindset.
Utrecht: Planning for People & Bikes, Not for Cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boi0XEm9-4E
[SFW] [environment & nature] [+2]
[by yunnaf]
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ethanos said @ 12:48pm GMT on 5th September
I am watching carefully the prospect of self-driving cars being able to dis-connect destination from parking. It could change everything.

ethanos said @ 12:50pm GMT on 5th September
I am watching carefully the prospect of self-driving cars being able to de-couple destination from parking. It could change everything.


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ethanos said @ 12:48pm GMT on 5th September
I am watching carefully the prospect of self-driving cars being able to de-couple destination from parking. It could change everything.



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