No dense city anywhere runs without heavy reliance on transit, and no new transport technology changes the space arithmetic that makes that true.

Added to korrents 4 Nov 2014 · How quotes work · Something wrong? Tell us

Related korrents

Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.

• Replacing big transit vehicles with small ones puts more vehicles on the street to move the same people, which is the one thing a dense city has no room for. JWJarrett Walker21 Jul 2016similar wording
• In low-density places driverless taxis really will beat buses, and transit agencies should hand that work over and concentrate on dense corridors. JWJarrett Walker4 Nov 2014similar wording
• Self-driving cars will not fix commuting; the US needs public transportation instead. JWJarrett Walker4 Nov 2014similar wording
• Spreading jobs into a polycentric region does not cut commuting: transit ridership is weaker there than in cities with one strong centre. ALAlon Levy10 Mar 2026similar wording
• Today's level of city living depends on cheap fossil fuels and is unlikely to survive without them. CSChris Smaje30 Jun 2026similar wording

See this on the map →