It’s not, it’s how roadway heirachy is supposed to work. You have slow pedestrian streets which are places you go, and high speed, grade separated roads which connect them along with biking and walking paths. Streets still need car access, but not fast and not as thoroughfares.
What the US has done is merged this into the stroad, which doesn’t work for anyone.
You can bring 99% of your daily needs by walking with bags and public transportation, this is what people in cities with good public transportation do. For the rest the occasional professional carier is ok.
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Walking is slow and you can’t bring stuff with you. Keep the roads, but provide better public transport and tax big pickup trucks and SUVs
Wdym? These streets are driveable, you just have to go slowly and through limited areas
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It’s not, it’s how roadway heirachy is supposed to work. You have slow pedestrian streets which are places you go, and high speed, grade separated roads which connect them along with biking and walking paths. Streets still need car access, but not fast and not as thoroughfares.
What the US has done is merged this into the stroad, which doesn’t work for anyone.
Well, that’s what those “walkable streets” are
Surprise, the world isn’t all glitter and unicorns
Urbanism’s whole point is the relative slowness of walking. Cargo can be escalated through hand, bag, backpack, cart, disassembly, re-acquisition.
Pockets, bags, carts. You can take even more stuff walking than on public transit.
You can bring 99% of your daily needs by walking with bags and public transportation, this is what people in cities with good public transportation do. For the rest the occasional professional carier is ok.