I don't pretend to be a particularly well-versed urbanist (my partner, who works in public transit tech and is always showing me Youtube videos from channels like, up, Oh The Urbanity, is the real urban wonk.) But strikes me that you're going to see some particular local flavor of how this actually shakes out.
I don't pretend to be a particularly well-versed urbanist (my partner, who works in public transit tech and is always showing me Youtube videos from channels like, up, Oh The Urbanity, is the real urban wonk.) But strikes me that you're going to see some particular local flavor of how this actually shakes out.
Like, do we really imagine that Montana is going to be row-after-row of fourplexes? No, probably not. Subdivisions of nice duplexes seems like a perfectly good compromise, there.
I think places like Calgary will prefer a gentler density, but with super-dense blocks around the C-Train. That works just fine, too!
Fact is, we'll never abolish single-family homes — nor should we. The little blue ring in your map (which is very cool) should always be an option for people. But figuring out that infill — and, later, infilling those suburban subdivisions, as the city grows — is going to be the key piece.
Anyway, who knows what this looks like 10 years from now. But I feel like it's going to be exciting.
I don't pretend to be a particularly well-versed urbanist (my partner, who works in public transit tech and is always showing me Youtube videos from channels like, up, Oh The Urbanity, is the real urban wonk.) But strikes me that you're going to see some particular local flavor of how this actually shakes out.
Like, do we really imagine that Montana is going to be row-after-row of fourplexes? No, probably not. Subdivisions of nice duplexes seems like a perfectly good compromise, there.
I think places like Calgary will prefer a gentler density, but with super-dense blocks around the C-Train. That works just fine, too!
Fact is, we'll never abolish single-family homes — nor should we. The little blue ring in your map (which is very cool) should always be an option for people. But figuring out that infill — and, later, infilling those suburban subdivisions, as the city grows — is going to be the key piece.
Anyway, who knows what this looks like 10 years from now. But I feel like it's going to be exciting.