Re:Change My Mind: Density Increases Local but Decreases Glo...
by raybb on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @09:25AM
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> Many public, private and social enterprises have this dynamic.
What is the dynamic in "this dynamic" ? Do you have an examples with social enterprises?
Re:Change My Mind: Density Increases Local but Decreases Glo...
by spacebanana7 on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @09:34AM
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> What is the dynamic in "this dynamic"
I intended the phrase "this dynamic" to capture the relationship between transport time and viability of the enterprise.
> Do you have an examples with social enterprises?
Sure thing. Food banks, soup kitchens and homeless shelters all need to be within a viable transport time of the people they intend to help.
Density is an effective way of substituting for transport speed, which is the binding constraint on many opportunities.
The number of coffee shops I can choose to visit on my 15 minute break after stand up is limited by the density of the urban environment, for a given mode of transport.
Many public, private and social enterprises have this dynamic. A police station needs to be within a certain travel distance of the outskirts of their community to be useful, likewise a supermarket or nightclub.
There is an argument that, at a certain extreme point, density might have such a negative impact on transport speed that it might increase transit time. I'm personally split on this issue. Density definitely hurts motor vehicle speed but has little effect on walking speed and might even improve rail speed.