Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou...
by lisper on Monday October 23, 2017 @05:20PM
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> You would have less traffic in the Valley if there were more apartments, so employees could bike and walk to work.
This assumes that all of the houses vacated by currently commuting employees moving into apartments near transit (and thus becoming non-commuters) would be replaced by people who don't commute. But that's extremely unlikely to be the case.
Furthermore, all of the people living near transit would still drive on occasion, so traffic would almost certainly get worse.
Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou...
by linkregister on Monday October 23, 2017 @07:04PM
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Most would use the transit option, especially since the proximity to transit would be included in the price.
Other potential nudges would be to waive parking requirements for such development, thus denying parking places for the residents.
Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou...
by linkregister on Monday October 23, 2017 @06:58PM
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Traffic on the weekend? Sure, but that is distributed aside from the typical choke points on 101 and 880.
The topic is development of single-story housing into apartments. The Bay Area is rife with short houses around transit terminals.
You would have less traffic in the Valley if there were more apartments, so employees could bike and walk to work. They now commute from neighboring cities.