Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
THIS! THIS right here is pure GOLD! I had never thought of it like that but that is SO TRUE! I've hated suburban sprawl ever since I first learned about it and its effects in architecture school. Me and my family have lived in "suburban" areas since 1993. I personally love the city and wish I could get out of the 'burbs and back into the city, but finances won't allow it right now (city property taxes are several times what mine are now, and in fact were just hiked even more this week).
I deliberately picked my apartment to be 30 min away by bus because I know I can do that distance by bike
Not sure if this was by choice, but some of my coworkers live like 70km away. Maybe the houses are cheaper?
Tying this back to the article, using the European yardstick doesn't necessarily work on US/Canada or elsewhere. They have made it easier to be closer, things are more spread out here. We can try and change bits of it, but tackling the sprawl would do more to address cycling.