LogFAQs > #972694536

LinkPizza posted...

Most places Ive needed to go have enough parking that I wasnt looking for long, if at all

And what ratio between productive land and parking has been needed to make that possible? What impact has that had on the ability of a given parcel of land to produce tax revenue to sustain the infrastructure needed to reach it (not to mention everything else the city has to do)? What does it do to the walkability of an area to have ample parking space close to every destination?

It's possible, but it comes at a considerable cost.

LinkPizza posted...

And I do like being able to leave whenever Especially since depending on the how long the route is, and how many buses there are, I might I have to leave like 30 minutes earlier

That would be an example of inadequate transit. Again, traffic will get worse until a faster alternative exists. If you want to improve traffic, you need to figure out a way to make transit faster, such as dedicated bus lanes and advance bus signals to prevent buses from getting stuck in traffic, trams/streetcars that have their own lanes and infrastructure that bypasses traffic, or trains. If transit is slower, that's either a design failure (more likely) or an indication that your local traffic isn't actually bad enough to warrant making efforts to improve it (which is actually true of a lot of smaller towns, but those towns can still benefit from building around transit instead of cars as they try to grow because that growth will be more sustainable).

LinkPizza posted...

That said, Im also forgetful. So, being able to just turn around and go home to get whatever I forgot is definitely helpful

That is indeed a situation where transit isn't likely to be able to match cars, but as you say that's a fairly minor personal issue and therefore not really something worth considering when designing a city.