Having grown up in suburbia and having lived for a while in places like NYC, Tokyo, and Paris, I think suburbs and their support infrastructure are close to the worst possible way to organize human life
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An optimistic future: car-free city centers. Fast, modern, dense-coverage rail-based public transportation. Tall towers, public parks.
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a bit too optimistic
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Covid is wrecking havoc on public transit.
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Amsterdam
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In what sense?
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Europe is so much stronger in their appreciation for and insistence upon urban green spaces. They knew this stuff 500 years ago, wish US cities would do the same beyond dressed up greenways and tiny triangle parks.
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Awareness of the importance of public parks in cities only started in the mid 19th century. London parks served as the model for those in Paris
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Why can't we have spread out settlements and lesser physical contact instead of tall buildings? Wondering what's the density and spread in US. Some matplotlib guys can throw a few graphs here?
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Singapore - the car free city part
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"dense" is the problem. It will be dense close to the kernel, but coverage will decay very fast and build more clusters along the lines...
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