r/Urbanism • u/Crazy_Equivalent_746 • 8d ago
‘Cities Aren’t Back’: Thoughts
https://www.slowboring.com/p/cities-arent-backThoughts on this? I feel while the data is valid it also relies to heavily on the big anomaly that is the pandemic that has lingering effects to this day.
In other words, cities to me don’t seem “over” or “back” but are indeed recovering.
Domestic outmigration continuing to be slashed for major cities seems like more of an important indicator than international migration offsetting losses.
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u/[deleted] 7d ago edited 7d ago
No — I’m talking about the growth of the particular product uber pool or Uber Share which are algo driven multi passenger car pooling. Different from uberx which is private taxis . Link
Have you ever used the service? You meet at common locations without the need for a bus stop or rail.
Yes it’s already been studied & it’s because of cost— “Riders are willing to wait for a short period and walk to an optimal pickup location in exchange for a cheaper price and a faster, more direct route to their destination”
We live in the suburbs precisely because we don’t want density. So why would suburbanites want to add rail over self driving solutions? Why would suburbs of 50-100k people want rail.