And here's my European suburb ass thinking those 13 minutes to walk to the store are rather long...
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I live in a small European town (~17000 persons) and if I walk 13 minutes I get to the other side of the town.
Note in the image, the reduction of greenery as well. We've got to be careful to keep a balance of green and urban, but this is otherwise a great idea.
Parking lots waste a lot of area that could be green space too.
But yes overdevelpment could be a problem , but is easily fixed by adding a green space rule to development. Like we have now for minimum parking and such.
Also high speed roads destroy a lot of green space too, with nothing in the median or a good chunk on either side, and huge empty areas in dead zones of interchanges.
Lets not think cuurent car use is good for green space.
I made the mistake of looking at the current zoning laws where I live, they gave me nightmares
So the solution to suburbs is town/village centers? You can still see some of these in the US, for areas built up before cars
I just want to say it really is awesome: this is one of the reasons I live near Boston. I’ve always appreciated walkable neighborhoods and town centers whether living in the city itself or surrounding communities.
I wanted to relate an experience for the first Thanksgiving my ex and I hosted together. We moved into a townhouse near a town center. Small yard, privacy, off street parking, quiet street. Nice. However neither of us had hosted a large meal before. I got to know my future father-in-law as we walked to the nearby grocery for “one last thing we missed” five times. The point is we could, and it was the most convenient way to get there
As carbrained as many cities are in Saudi Arabia, you can still walk to the mosque, shops and school.