Originally Posted by
tandempower
Nice article, Roody. Thanks. I don't see why employment-oriented transit can't complement and promote anti-sprawl reforms. The logical consequence of providing transit to the densest employment areas is that more auxiliary retail should emerge within walking distance of where people are employed. In this way, people could do shopping or engage in leisure activities after work before catching a bus home (provided buses continue to run into the evening).
What exactly is walking distance? As near as I can tell walking distance in America is about the length of one building, which kind of kills off getting people to leave their cars behind and willingly face a walk the length of two buildings. Sure, once they're fit enough to see how trivial it is to walk a few miles the problem is solved, but they won't get fit until they walk. Another catch-22.