If the public transport systems were that good, why would anyone need to drive in?
There is a question there about should the people already there have to accomodate people who want to live elsewhere and still enjoy the ammenity of the big city.
I personally err on the side of the people who live in the suburbs shouldn't dictate the built form to the people who live in the city.
If they want the visitors (and they do as you can hear from the pained howling about work-from-home, and before then about suburban malls) the answer is a big yes, you need to accommodate visitors. (Notably different than outright dictating the built form but ignore at your own peril.)
It is admittedly an awkward to do a proper 'transition' from cars in less dense areas to transit stations. in ways that parking lots and garages alone leave some problems.
I don't think anyone is saying the people from the suburbs can't visit. Just that they should visit the built form that makes cities great for people that live there. This also benefits the people that visit - because it makes cities great once you step out of the car!
Nobody from NYC visits rural Idaho expecting a 24/7 subway system to be provided for them.
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There is a question there about should the people already there have to accomodate people who want to live elsewhere and still enjoy the ammenity of the big city.
I personally err on the side of the people who live in the suburbs shouldn't dictate the built form to the people who live in the city.
If they want the visitors (and they do as you can hear from the pained howling about work-from-home, and before then about suburban malls) the answer is a big yes, you need to accommodate visitors. (Notably different than outright dictating the built form but ignore at your own peril.)
It is admittedly an awkward to do a proper 'transition' from cars in less dense areas to transit stations. in ways that parking lots and garages alone leave some problems.
That seems fair to me as long as people who live in the city don't get to visit suburbs or rural areas either.
I don't think anyone is saying the people from the suburbs can't visit. Just that they should visit the built form that makes cities great for people that live there. This also benefits the people that visit - because it makes cities great once you step out of the car!
Nobody from NYC visits rural Idaho expecting a 24/7 subway system to be provided for them.