I can't comment on Kaiser or SF, not familiar with either. But great if Kaiser can just create GPs and consultants localised in newly built areas like that. well done them. To be honest, I forgot the private aspect of health care in the US. I wonder how city planners are planning around that.
> Public transport: the last few times I've taken the bus, it's been easy to find a seat. The last time I took the BART it was nearly empty.
if that is the case, SF has either the most amazing public transportation already or the most under-used public transportation. or you are simply cheery-picking.
school, kindergarten and medical need to be in close vicinity though. the overall capacity is meaningless for the first two if you build housing for an additional 15k within a few blocks and then have no GPs (and to a lesser extend consultants) within a few minutes of walking or no hospital within a quick driving distance. and if that 70k to 50k (i assume it is not covid related) is uniformly across all kindergartens, it is pretty meaningless for housing
The comment to which you replied was specifically talking about SF so I assumed (reasonably I think) that you were commenting about SF, too.
"if that is the case, SF has either the most amazing public transportation already or the most under-used public transportation. or you are simply cheery-picking."
Those are not the only explanations. And, given I said live in SF, maybe it's reasonable to assume I'm reporting actual observations, unless I've previously demonstrated some pattern of exaggeration.
Some potential explanations off ghr top of my head...
- I happened to get lucky on my last 5 journeys
- Many people how have more flexibility about when they start/end work, even if they're not working remotely
- People are avoiding public transport due to worries about COVID and increasing crime
- Outside of peak hours, buses still need to run with some minimum frequency to be a viable option, so they often run empty or with only 1-5 passengers
> Public transport: the last few times I've taken the bus, it's been easy to find a seat. The last time I took the BART it was nearly empty.
if that is the case, SF has either the most amazing public transportation already or the most under-used public transportation. or you are simply cheery-picking.
school, kindergarten and medical need to be in close vicinity though. the overall capacity is meaningless for the first two if you build housing for an additional 15k within a few blocks and then have no GPs (and to a lesser extend consultants) within a few minutes of walking or no hospital within a quick driving distance. and if that 70k to 50k (i assume it is not covid related) is uniformly across all kindergartens, it is pretty meaningless for housing