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minus-squareTaalnazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-28 days agoI dunno, I think it would be perfectly doable with good public transit. Don’t have many big cities, but have mid-sized cities near-ish, and smaller towns near the mid-sized ones. A sort of ‘web’ of cities, if you will.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 days agowhat you’re describing is called “multigrid” system. you have grids of varying size, all overlapping each other. examples: notice the streets make some kind of “grid” on the landscape
minus-squareTaalnazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoYes, exactly this was what I was thinking about.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agonow you also know the name :)
minus-squareTaalnazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoIt’s awesome, thanks! And honestly, I could see this sort of systems being handy - having raillines between the big and mid-sized cities, and bus services for the aforementioned + small cities and towns, and (electric) bicycles for the rest.
I dunno, I think it would be perfectly doable with good public transit.
Don’t have many big cities, but have mid-sized cities near-ish, and smaller towns near the mid-sized ones. A sort of ‘web’ of cities, if you will.
what you’re describing is called “multigrid” system.
you have grids of varying size, all overlapping each other.
examples:
notice the streets make some kind of “grid” on the landscape
Yes, exactly this was what I was thinking about.
now you also know the name :)
It’s awesome, thanks!
And honestly, I could see this sort of systems being handy - having raillines between the big and mid-sized cities, and bus services for the aforementioned + small cities and towns, and (electric) bicycles for the rest.