tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post8385253046705870714..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: Why we need walkable, transit-oriented suburbsCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-22699545304595920472012-05-01T22:45:45.173-04:002012-05-01T22:45:45.173-04:00I'm glad you think we can write about suburbs ...I'm glad you think we can write about suburbs while living in cities, David. But the "benefits high densities bring" are actually just benefits of <a href="http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2012/01/three-factors-in-density.html" rel="nofollow">car travel being relatively low quality</a>. If Marin didn't have the 101, for example, I'm guessing we'd find that car sharing and frequent rail would work after all.Cap'n Transithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-37337275119004086582012-05-01T00:46:15.278-04:002012-05-01T00:46:15.278-04:00Hear hear! I write about my home county of Marin,...Hear hear! I <a href="http://thegreatermarin.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">write about my home county</a> of Marin, a relatively walkable suburb of San Francisco while living in DC. Why? Because nobody in the Bay Area writes about anywhere but San Francisco, Oakland, or San Jose! A voice, even one as far removed as mine, is better than no voice at all.<br /><br />The challenges faced by suburbs are far more complex than those faced by cities. Sure, the city has poverty and high capital costs and all that, but in the 'burbs we don't have all the benefits high densities bring. Car sharing doesn't work; frequent rail doesn't make sense; and people are frightened to lose their cars.<br /><br />If New York is like the Bay Area, we need advocates in the small towns just as much as we do in the big cities, and it's a harder slog. Thanks for the call-to-arms.David Edmondsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122497078883517920noreply@blogger.com