Highway median transit stations seem to be a North American specialty, I wish that wasn't the case. Our Cities deserve better.Thanks Diana for the C:S demo! ...
I live about 100m away from a city metro station and I love it. On my way to the station, I walk past:
a wellness studio
3 fast food restaurants of different types
a bakery
a small supermarket
a hair studio
an ATM
about three other businesses which always make me wonder why they exist
Now I could have this walkable neighborhood or I could walk past six lanes of high speed traffic. And up and down the street I have more destinations to visit or I could count SUVs zooming by on a freeway!
I live off of my cities dilapidated ass """Main street""" that runs parallel to the halfa-interstate-A-to-b thing (not sure what it's called, runs straight down the middle off the real interstate I-81)
4 lanes of car hell, half car lots/dive bars half empty decaying buildings. They talked about making it 2 lane w/ a center turn lane and expanded ped/bike infrastructure. Got shut down because "I-_____ is always backed up" (it never is) and the BuSiNeSsEs WiLl DiE wItHoUt 4 LanE aCcEsS (even though those same people admit they don't SHOP at any of said businesses and just use it as an interstate bypass translation: no state cops to bust them for blasting down the strip residents of the area be damned)
I live about 100m away from a city metro station and I love it. On my way to the station, I walk past:
Now I could have this walkable neighborhood or I could walk past six lanes of high speed traffic. And up and down the street I have more destinations to visit or I could count SUVs zooming by on a freeway!
I live off of my cities dilapidated ass """Main street""" that runs parallel to the halfa-interstate-A-to-b thing (not sure what it's called, runs straight down the middle off the real interstate I-81)
4 lanes of car hell, half car lots/dive bars half empty decaying buildings. They talked about making it 2 lane w/ a center turn lane and expanded ped/bike infrastructure. Got shut down because "I-_____ is always backed up" (it never is) and the BuSiNeSsEs WiLl DiE wItHoUt 4 LanE aCcEsS (even though those same people admit they don't SHOP at any of said businesses and just use it as an interstate bypass translation: no state cops to bust them for blasting down the strip residents of the area be damned)