Originally Posted by
FiftySix
IMO, the distance needs to be measured in time not miles. The article in the first post touches on this.
"In the biggest cities, the radius from downtown accessible within an hour—generally considered the limit for daily commuting—by transit was fully developed by World War II. Cars dramatically extended that radius, and made it very hard for conventional transit to compete."
So, 1 hour on average by foot, bicycle, transit, or car. I don't know many that will walk or bike an hour one way to work, though.
Edit to add:
Back in my youth (20 y.o.), when my 400cc motorcycle wasn't running, I would walk to the nearest bus stop and take a bus to work. The walk and bus ride would take at least 90 minutes.
When my motorcycle was running, I could make the trip to work in 30 minutes.
The distance was only 13 miles. Clearly, I would have never taken that job if I had not owned motorized transportation.
True But the problem lies in the fact that because of this public transit will never improve. If busses ran more frequently and possibly smaller and more efficient. Also if trains can easily run at 200mph, wouldn't it be faster to take a train on a long trip? Then once you get to your destination then yes , the train.station need to be linked to buses of some sort or an additional way to get to your location. So yes currently our world is what I call a " car society " . Whether we realize it or not we are linked and depend on cars. We have been blessed or cursed to be born in a time where cars are king... 🤴