Public Transportation and Smart Growth

MichMan

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5. Depends where the population base is

Wed Jan 27, 2016, 10:58 AM

Jan 2016

In many metro areas, the vast number of people live in the suburbs.

Personally, I would much rather just drive to a suburban office park and park right next to the building than fight traffic in a congested city, try and find a spot in a parking garage , pay $$ for parking, and worry about my car being broken into.

There is a reason, I moved to a rural area. Takes me 30 min to drive to work or shop, but the overall quality of life is so much better and housing is much more affordable

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Suburban office parks are dying because young people don't want to drive there [View all] marmar Jan 2016 OP

Perhaps re-purpose as a school. Can't imagine that would be too difficult..n/t monmouth4 Jan 2016 #1

Not getting a car is fine yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #2

And the same person TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2016 #3

Employers want employees to have cars My Good Babushka Jan 2016 #4

Depends where the population base is MichMan Jan 2016 #5

Depends on what you define as "quality of life" marmar Jan 2016 #7

They could always deploy the Google bus model KamaAina Jan 2016 #6

Passenger Transportation has always lost money.... happyslug Jan 2016 #8

Um, yes, the office parks would have to subsidize the shuttles KamaAina Jan 2016 #9

Lets be honest, here, the people these people want do not want to live in the Suburbs happyslug Jan 2016 #10