Nashville is already more walkable than most small cities. It can't change without better public transit. His argument: why bother?
given stop patterns for buses it's hard to imagine lacking a speed advantage--but yes, lack of use is the main obstacle
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that said, chicken/egg problem for new dev supporting rail service--if no railway built, what incentive for new dev to be dense or infill?
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crucial selling point of rail is that a trip by train takes as long when the train is full as when it's empty--can't say the same for roads!
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so there's strong incentive to *never* build up to the point where roads are fully utilized, because such roads are miserable to drive on...
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...and consequently if there's ever to be development above this congestion threshold, it helps for a railway to be already there
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