I’m in Toronto Canada and it’s a very car dependent landscape unfortunately and honestly I’m a little jealous seeing European places and how nice they are with their rich history. Meanwhile here in Ontario we have quadruple-carriageways and stroads lined with strip malls and big-box stores with their expansive parking lots. Unless you’re with friends, going outside can be pretty bleak to the eye.

My ideal town would be as such

  1. a car-free and dense downtown area with rowhouses and condo units above cafes and shops

  2. lots of trees and greenery

  3. traditional architectural design

What would you think for yours?

  • frostbiker@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    In practice, transit only works in sufficiently dense neighborhoods. It is either not economical or not frequent enough in typical North American suburbs. Bike lanes work in suburbia: you place them in roads where the speed and frequency of car traffic is currently discouraging would-be cyclists.

    Bike lanes cost pennies and you offen don’t need to take any car lanes away because you can simply paint the existing car lanes a little narrower.