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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Aug 31 13:11:28 2015, in response to Re: Someone remind me, what is the point of light rail again?, posted by ntrainride on Mon Aug 31 10:29:44 2015. I wonder if NYC remains the biggest city because the highways do not really intrude on its primary CBDs. No matter where you put highways, they will take up space, whether it be vertical or horizontal space, the actual roadways or just the pillars/foundations, and whether it be full streets or just exit-ramp intrusions. That means less space for the rest of the stuff within the CBD. A city's size is not known by its highway mileage, but by the amount of people around and activity going on.A person in a car takes up more space than a person on public transit. No matter how quickly a city adjusts to population growth by developing highways, you will run out of room with highways faster than you will with public transit. A city will always be able to "fit" more with a good public transit system than with a good highway system. |
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