Re:Why parking minimums almost destroyed my town and how we ...
by dijit on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:33AM
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Well, I'll take it on good faith that this was bad for you.
But lets see my last few commutes.
* Now; walk 15 minutes (mid/small-size european city; population 350k)
* 4-8 years ago: 20-50 minutes on tube (living close to work was prohibitively expensive) (this was London, so, large city)
* 8 years ago: 40 minutes (Helsinki, pop: 1.4m)
* 10 years ago: 1hr 20m (mid-size UK city; pop 1m)
So although recently, yes I have had better commute times, it's not uncommon or insane to have commutes that stretch 40 minutes.
Of those commutes, the only one that would be improved by having a car would be the 10yr one (I was going to college and couldn't have a car then, it would be impossible to pay for it barring everything else)
The others could really not improve, London traffic is insane, the Helsinki train system moves significantly faster than traffic, I walk today, and if I were to cycle it would take me even less time.
But lets see my last few commutes.
* Now; walk 15 minutes (mid/small-size european city; population 350k)
* 4-8 years ago: 20-50 minutes on tube (living close to work was prohibitively expensive) (this was London, so, large city)
* 8 years ago: 40 minutes (Helsinki, pop: 1.4m)
* 10 years ago: 1hr 20m (mid-size UK city; pop 1m)
So although recently, yes I have had better commute times, it's not uncommon or insane to have commutes that stretch 40 minutes.
Of those commutes, the only one that would be improved by having a car would be the 10yr one (I was going to college and couldn't have a car then, it would be impossible to pay for it barring everything else)
The others could really not improve, London traffic is insane, the Helsinki train system moves significantly faster than traffic, I walk today, and if I were to cycle it would take me even less time.