Urban patterns created by the streetcar system that have held for more than a century could be shifting amid the pandemic.
Those patterns that have held for more than a century could be shifting. In the Washington region — and in many other places — the pandemic has shaken the relationship between the suburbs and downtown, as many workers continue to favor their desks at home rather than at the office. At the same time, communities in Virginia and Maryland are investing in new rail lines.
Were streetcars the first technology that had this power in terms of transportation, or do we see this in the course of even older cities, that they grew up around nonmotorized transportation?Well before streetcars, cities were defined by how far people could walk. In the walking era, cities were maybe two miles wide. That was true for cities across the world. So there was just a limit to the size of cities.
My understanding of the Purple Line is that there’s not as much of a wholesale attempt to change the urban grid near the Purple Line stops. At first when I heard about the Purple Line, I thought, “This is nuts. Who wants to take a cross-county commuter train? You’d have to drive to the train and then you’d get somewhere and then you’d need a car at the other stop.
Now, whether the pandemic is an inflection point? I don’t know. I’m waiting for the first recession to see what happens and how much leverage employers gain over employees and whether they’re going to force employees to the office. I feel like after the first recession then we’ll have a better sense.
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