Spreading jobs into a polycentric region does not cut commuting: transit ridership is weaker there than in cities with one strong centre.

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• Bus grids cannot function as a city's primary transit backbone at the scale of a very large, low-density city like Los Angeles, no matter how much priority the buses get. ALAlon Levy30 Jul 2026
• No dense city anywhere runs without heavy reliance on transit, and no new transport technology changes the space arithmetic that makes that true. JWJarrett Walker4 Nov 2014
• 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 2016
• Transit investment should prioritize raising ridership on already well-used lines over creating minimal service where none exists. ALAlon Levy7 Jul 2026
• Self-driving cars will not fix commuting; the US needs public transportation instead. JWJarrett Walker4 Nov 2014

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