We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost.
The other half of making travel more efficient is needing to travel less by building homes near workplaces.
45mi is pretty good by car dependent standards, but we can do way better. It should be affordable (and desirable) to live with a commute under 15 minutes by bike, or better, walking (which would be like sub 5 by bike). 15 minutes by mass transit would also be acceptable given sufficient frequency.
To do that, it has to be legal to build homes near workplaces and in high enough density that anyone who wants to live close to their workplace can afford to do so (and that home be a desirable place to live outside of simply having a short commute).
The other half of making travel more efficient is needing to travel less by building homes near workplaces.
45mi is pretty good by car dependent standards, but we can do way better. It should be affordable (and desirable) to live with a commute under 15 minutes by bike, or better, walking (which would be like sub 5 by bike). 15 minutes by mass transit would also be acceptable given sufficient frequency.
To do that, it has to be legal to build homes near workplaces and in high enough density that anyone who wants to live close to their workplace can afford to do so (and that home be a desirable place to live outside of simply having a short commute).
What about people who like driving? Do we get a say in this?