It’s not lack of space in Texas that causes that
In Houston, though?
A lot of land that is otherwise economically valuable is necessary to use to enable the massive flow of personal automobile traffic between and through areas.
A lot of land that is otherwise economically valuable
The land in Houston is economically valuable in part because of the developed transportation system. In a giant city like Houston with only single lane each way streets would grind the city to a halt immediately.
My point isn’t that the city is poorly laid out - far from it. Highways are a symptom, not a cause. My point is that the reliance on personal cars creates these issues of traffic where massive highways like this which take up valuable space are the best solution - the best solution to a problem which does not need to exist, if you will.
My point isn’t ‘transportation bad’, but ‘Jesus fucking Christ public transportation in this country is fucked and leaves us with massive, gaping inefficiencies like this’.
I mean, who’d want to live in the center of that thing? smh
Imagine living somewhere designed for people
yes but we need cars i don’t understand how we’re supposed to live without the infrastructure
I apologize if you’re being sarcastic, but this is the point. We need cars because we designed our cities around cars.
If we designed around foot traffic and rail, we wouldn’t need (as many) cars and could do with less expensive car-centric infrastructure. Not just interstate exchanges, but also the massive parking lots and garages that are required, gas stations and car repair/oil change places on every corner, etc.
I would rather die than live in an apartment.
An apartment in the suburbs of Nowhere, Texas? Agreed. An apartment in the middle of a beautiful, historic downtown city center that has been developing for hundreds of years? I could give the car up.
That’s not going to solve it for me, unfortunately. I really value privacy, personal space, and quiet. If I were surrounded on all sides by other families I assume I would leap from the window in like 10 seconds.
Yeah, I’m with the other guy who made this comment. This is why we need our cities functioning as efficiently as possible with good design and public transportation. I want people to have their seclusion way out yonder! Maybe I’ll want it one day too. The urban sprawl is relentless
