>>1850941>In order to maximize the efficient use of land to make a city walkable, the population density per square meter needs to be high. To do this while maintaining single family homes, the very houses need to change. They would need to be tall (3-4 floors) but also have a small base, like you stretched one out.That would be townhomes, like they have in Houston. The yards become practically non-existent and there's way too many driveways for the street.
>shops, grocery markets, bakeries, streets, etc need to be concentrated in high density areas and no more than a 5 minute walk awaySee, when people say "walkable", they often mean "high density". I'm wondering if that doesn't have to be the case. Plus, it's going to be hard to maintain an "ideal" selection of commercial shops nearby if there's a recession, and most shops are going to need outside traffic to stay in business.
>>1851030>Why would you need to keep ample, convenient parking if everything's walkable?Because these things don't exist in a vacuum. You aren't stuck, or at least, shouldn't be stuck, with what you can find in a one-mile radius, and if you wanted to visit, you aren't discouraged from visiting because the parking situation is so messed up.
