Definitely a lot of work yet to be done, but in my experience most reasonably sized cities are at least beyond the “share lanes with cars on the highway” stage of things. That’s a pretty low bar.
I work 25min by foot from home, and while most of it is by busy carcentric streets, I can walk a bit through a park.
If I drive a car I can get there in 10 minutes or 15-20 in a rush hour.
I can ride a bike (my own or a city bike that’s free for under 15min) in 13min.
Or I can either take a bus (25min) or a tram (around 30, because I need to walk further but less than a straight walk.
I actively refuse to move to any “cheaper” new suburbs because then I would have to sit in a car for 80 minutes no matter how I feel about it that day.
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Not in places where they build proper roads/infrastructure. Generally this gets better the larger the city is, not worse.
Your situation sounds terrible but your local jurisdiction could choose to fix it. If enough people advocate for it, it will happen.
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Most towns/cities here in the Netherlands are
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Definitely a lot of work yet to be done, but in my experience most reasonably sized cities are at least beyond the “share lanes with cars on the highway” stage of things. That’s a pretty low bar.
I work 25min by foot from home, and while most of it is by busy carcentric streets, I can walk a bit through a park.
If I drive a car I can get there in 10 minutes or 15-20 in a rush hour.
I can ride a bike (my own or a city bike that’s free for under 15min) in 13min.
Or I can either take a bus (25min) or a tram (around 30, because I need to walk further but less than a straight walk.
I actively refuse to move to any “cheaper” new suburbs because then I would have to sit in a car for 80 minutes no matter how I feel about it that day.
Petition the city to change that. Have them add protected pedestrian routes in that area.
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Sounds like even more reason to talk to the people in charge.
It definitely IS realistic. You just would have less space for cars.