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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Lydia Leftcoast

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7. Most streets in Tokyo don't have names, and

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 03:20 PM

Mar 2013

the neighborhoods that the stations are named after are the "ghosts" of villages that were swallowed up by the city.

So customarily, people say things like, "Our meeting is at Forum 8."

"Where is that?"

"It's in Shibuya. Go out the Hachiko Exit and you'll see two streets in front of you. Take the one that veers to the left and go about four blocks, about two or three buildings past the McDonald's."

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Why Berlin’s transit system rocks [View all] marmar Mar 2013 OP

Public transportation will never be as efective here in the US, due to the vast distances darkangel218 Mar 2013 #1

Within a given city in the United States, public transportation can be very effective. marmar Mar 2013 #2

Transit vs. highways DRIVES development Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #4

There's developments like that near my house jollyreaper2112 Mar 2013 #6

that's not true. Berlin is not a very dense city, something like half that of London CreekDog Mar 2013 #8

Much the same is true of the Tokyo system Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #3

On the names: your perception of the city is different by subway or by car. DetlefK Mar 2013 #5

Most streets in Tokyo don't have names, and Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #7

it was easy to get to my station CreekDog Mar 2013 #9