I always like thinking of elevators as public transit like a microbus and escalators and moving walkways as mass transit like a train. It is famously hard to get people out of cars, yet somehow all are willing to park in a garage and hoof it to an elevator for an office job.
This is where framing walking and public transportation as "active modes" can be misleading. For some of my transit trips, I do less walking than if I were to drive to the same destinations. For some trips, riding the bus is really the lazy mode. In a robust urban neighborhood, goods and services are so convenient that walking can be the lazy mode.
Simple, useful, safe, convenient, pleasant, frequent, reliable....all the right aspects for beneficial transportation.
Lazy choice makes the point that "default behavior" often follows "lowest friction option". We should add friction to driving where it is a societal negative, and reduce friction for cheap, beneficial options.
I always like thinking of elevators as public transit like a microbus and escalators and moving walkways as mass transit like a train. It is famously hard to get people out of cars, yet somehow all are willing to park in a garage and hoof it to an elevator for an office job.
This is where framing walking and public transportation as "active modes" can be misleading. For some of my transit trips, I do less walking than if I were to drive to the same destinations. For some trips, riding the bus is really the lazy mode. In a robust urban neighborhood, goods and services are so convenient that walking can be the lazy mode.
Simple, useful, safe, convenient, pleasant, frequent, reliable....all the right aspects for beneficial transportation.
Lazy choice makes the point that "default behavior" often follows "lowest friction option". We should add friction to driving where it is a societal negative, and reduce friction for cheap, beneficial options.