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Wouldn’t having distribution happen from within residential areas improve road conditions? Instead of every resident needing to drive out of the area to get supplies, a much smaller number of supply vehicles come into the residential area, meaning that the residents need to do significantly less driving to obtain supplies.
Instead of everyone going up to the bar to fill a glass, you send one person to bring a jug back to the table.
You think so many things will be accessible for people without driving that the roads will fall into disuse? Unfortunately I don’t think they’re planning to go that far.
If anything, eliminating cars would probably improve the roads since there will be much less wear and tear. People will still be walking there and want a good walking experience, so improvements will still happen.
Loaded-up big trucks/semis and frost-thaw cycles are the source of almost all road wear. Less passenger cars/SUVs/unloaded pickups wouldn’t really matter.
I think the person you were responding to was making a joke.
You think a corner store in someone’s former garage is going to put Costco out of business? Why can’t something be not extreme. Small businesses serve a few nearby streets, and make living there slightly more convenient, with maybe a few extra cars taking street parking. Boring changes.
I see garbage trucks on residential streets several times weekly. They should be able to handle delivery traffic for your neighbourhood corner store, cafe, arcade or restaurant. (And in Scarborough and Etobicoke the residential roads are full of potholes even without heavy truck traffic). Small stores probably won’t be getting tractors with 50ft trailers either.
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Wouldn’t having distribution happen from within residential areas improve road conditions? Instead of every resident needing to drive out of the area to get supplies, a much smaller number of supply vehicles come into the residential area, meaning that the residents need to do significantly less driving to obtain supplies.
Instead of everyone going up to the bar to fill a glass, you send one person to bring a jug back to the table.
These are corner stores in a dense city, not a Costco in the middle of a subdivision. No one is driving to these stores.
You think so many things will be accessible for people without driving that the roads will fall into disuse? Unfortunately I don’t think they’re planning to go that far.
If anything, eliminating cars would probably improve the roads since there will be much less wear and tear. People will still be walking there and want a good walking experience, so improvements will still happen.
Loaded-up big trucks/semis and frost-thaw cycles are the source of almost all road wear. Less passenger cars/SUVs/unloaded pickups wouldn’t really matter.
I think the person you were responding to was making a joke.
You think a corner store in someone’s former garage is going to put Costco out of business? Why can’t something be not extreme. Small businesses serve a few nearby streets, and make living there slightly more convenient, with maybe a few extra cars taking street parking. Boring changes.
I see garbage trucks on residential streets several times weekly. They should be able to handle delivery traffic for your neighbourhood corner store, cafe, arcade or restaurant. (And in Scarborough and Etobicoke the residential roads are full of potholes even without heavy truck traffic). Small stores probably won’t be getting tractors with 50ft trailers either.