Ask Lemmy

Automated light metro. build the same guideways all over. Trains that hold around 50 passengers, half with corgo bikes. Cookie cutter stations that are easy to factory prefab. Stations every mile on the existing grid. Automated means you run 24x7 with frequent service.

the important part: no station is more than 10 minutes ( 20 including you bike trip) to a central station where you can transfer to any many other trains including express toethe rest of the city. The central stations must all be in a zoned high density retail area so you can do your shoping there. there will be a lot of them scattered around the metro area.

the above will be expensive. However once bilt it would be cheaper than cars.

It has to get approached from two different ways.

On the service side, it means implementing micro transit. These are on demand minibuses. It also means tying this more dense traffic.

On the demand side, it means densifying the community. It could be allowing Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU's) and redeveloping strip malls as high density housing.

Just a couple small buses with cheap fares. That way you can be anywhere in town quick and cheap. One of the places you could go is a train station? Or stop for bigger busses?

They all own their cars and they want to use them.

My suggestion is car pooling.

Encourage (with money) every ride that has 2 or more people in 1 car.

Put an extra street toll on every ride where there is only 1 person in a car. Yes, even the pizza guy - be strict or let it all be.

Monorail.

Super block (smaller inner roads surrounded by main roads) I thinks buses at the end of the blocks as long as the inner roads arereasonabley short enough for wheel chairs to roll down from the middle down.

Bike lanes if its reasonably 10-15 minutes destination.

For nightmare suburbs (long winding roads, no side walks, no standard entry/exits) I feel like you have to have buses that go in the neighborhood. Bike lanes could still be viable here just depending. I am huge fan of the idea of bike lanes to schools for kids to reduce the burden on parents and the traffic associated.

Buses could be hybrid tram like too in some places (batteries on board, but also eltric lines to power and charge off of where they make sense).

People moved to the suburbs to get away from the city. I say we bring the city to the suburbs.

Make it so we can walk the streets without getting mugged.

Cars. Cars are great and electric ones don’t make road smog.

Each person being able to go wherever they want whenever they want is a good thing.

Whimsy is a sign of a society operating correctly.