Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco apartments

Re:Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco a... by bluejellybean on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:36AM (#11712452)

Or for a more American example. Denver has been doing a good job with their new construction over the last few years. While I haven't looked into actual codes, the majority of new buildings I've seen have work/live offices or full-on commercial zoning on floor 1 and dense luxury apartments on 2~20;

Denver is also investing quite heavily into public transit, specifically they've been working on a fairly impressive light-rail system. [1]

At the end of the day, it's simple density that allows me to live inside the city and bike 15 minutes to work. City life isn't perfect for everyone but it does offer some great benefits if we go dense.

[1] http://www.rtd-fastracks.com/se_68

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Re:Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco a... by DrScump on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @04:48PM (#11717276)

It's a sad commentary on the state of public transit in the USA that a system which (using its most optimistic projections) hopes to achieve a 21% farebox return by 2021[0] is "fairly impressive"... or, if you count capital expenditures (like the private sector has to), less than 5% (meaning 95% subsidized). But that's a hell of a lot better than VTA here in Silicon Valley.

[0] http://www.rtd-denver.com/documents/financialreports/strateg...

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