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re: This "walkable cities" thing I keep hearing about...
Posted on 12/22/22 at 4:34 pm to USMEagles
Posted on 12/22/22 at 4:34 pm to USMEagles
There’s a couple areas that are sorta walkable: Downtown (including spanish and Beauregard town), mid city (particularly along government from S. Eugene to Jefferson Highway), and the areas immediately bordering LSU’s campus to the overpass area.
Most of BR is simply far too spread out to be walkable. They seem to be doing some fairly smart development to connect these different denser areas to create a walkable core in BR. The developments along Nicholson, Highland, Government, and in Downtown East all seem to be geared at increasing population density and connecting downtown to more desirable neighborhoods so it feels less isolated.
All of BR would benefit from reducing parking minimums, improving street connectivity, and restoring some semblance of a street grid to south BR, but creating a successful, safe, walkable, and denseish urban core that incompases LSU, Downtown, lakeview, the overpass area, the garden district, downtown east, and much of mid city would be a massive boon to BR.
Most of BR is simply far too spread out to be walkable. They seem to be doing some fairly smart development to connect these different denser areas to create a walkable core in BR. The developments along Nicholson, Highland, Government, and in Downtown East all seem to be geared at increasing population density and connecting downtown to more desirable neighborhoods so it feels less isolated.
All of BR would benefit from reducing parking minimums, improving street connectivity, and restoring some semblance of a street grid to south BR, but creating a successful, safe, walkable, and denseish urban core that incompases LSU, Downtown, lakeview, the overpass area, the garden district, downtown east, and much of mid city would be a massive boon to BR.
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 4:37 pm
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 5:30 pm to kingbob
Somehow this has turned into a car vs. no car thread. Even with the best "smart growth" imaginable most people of means will still own cars. But cities/towns should: 1) have areas with a development pattern where people who choose not to drive, or can't drive (senior citizens, people with disabilities, etc.) have choices other than using a car to make local trips, 2) eliminate draconian zoning and regulation that requires needless parking, and in many cases car storage, 3) develop public rights-of-ways that are safe for all user, whether walking, biking, taking transit or driving.
We have numerous friends that are a one-car households now, especially since COVID and more work from home. Have paid-off cars so no note right now, but we would go one car before ever having 2 car notes again living in the city. Doing the math at an unreasonably low $500/month (car note plus LA insurance), but in reality, probably 6 or 7 hundred a month after gas, maintenance, etc. I could uber/lyft/bike/transit a ton each month and not come close to spending that much, while only using the car when no one else in the house needs it.
Two caveats, obviously doesn't work in rural areas, and we pay a good house note to live in an area where this is possible.
We have numerous friends that are a one-car households now, especially since COVID and more work from home. Have paid-off cars so no note right now, but we would go one car before ever having 2 car notes again living in the city. Doing the math at an unreasonably low $500/month (car note plus LA insurance), but in reality, probably 6 or 7 hundred a month after gas, maintenance, etc. I could uber/lyft/bike/transit a ton each month and not come close to spending that much, while only using the car when no one else in the house needs it.
Two caveats, obviously doesn't work in rural areas, and we pay a good house note to live in an area where this is possible.
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