tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post2471578860557775918..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Transit to Empty FieldsPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-55838444585230643112011-05-14T08:04:46.310-07:002011-05-14T08:04:46.310-07:00Looks like Daybreak will be getting LRT by the tim...Looks like Daybreak will be getting LRT by the time I've written this! :) But then again, the Mountain View freeway deserves a big BOO!!!Matt Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18289893559555812236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-90498173963855014962011-04-25T11:20:03.794-07:002011-04-25T11:20:03.794-07:00Developments like Almere can get closer to each re...Developments like Almere can get closer to each resident because the Dutch historically and still naturally build very densely, even in rural areas. The typical Dutch housing plan is a packed cluster of houses within minutes walking distance of a real center, surrounded by farms. Unless you live on a farm, you live very close to all your small town neighbors. Thus bus routes to small towns can very easily reach the vast majority of homes. <br /><br />This is the opposite of te American development default, where everyone has to have as much space between them and their neighbor-and any kind of commercial development- as possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-12451235986768421872011-04-23T08:50:15.021-07:002011-04-23T08:50:15.021-07:00But of course, Jarrett, bus works a lot better in ...But of course, Jarrett, bus works a lot better in a European environment where it doesn't compete against cheap driving. In the USA, **ONLY** rail has shown any ability to get people out of their cars in significant numbers.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650370583235985527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-73396688529955585092011-04-23T07:20:05.654-07:002011-04-23T07:20:05.654-07:00Excellent post. But I must point out that Europea...Excellent post. But I must point out that Europeans can do this kind of planned new-suburb development around quality bus services as well. See this piece of mine on Almere, Netherlands:<br /><br />http://www.humantransit.org/2010/10/aimere-netherlands-as-bus-oriented-development.html<br /><br />What's interesting about Almere is that the service gets much closer to each home than rail does in Daybreak. Almere offers far more extensive frequent services precisely because it relies on a lower-capacity lower-cost service model. That's a problem for the rail advocate, but an advantage if you just want to get where you're going.Jarretthttp://www.humantransit.orgnoreply@blogger.com