07-18-2016, 04:09 AM
Bad traffic certainly does increase the value of convenience shopping, which is a boon to local, small business.
Except that all "convenience shopping" can only happen where zoning allows; the fine PCDP documents "village centers" and "town centers" for this purpose -- but no new locations, only those which already exist and/or cannot be built (HPP) or expanded (Orchidland).
The bigger problem is that all current "planning" efforts are based on the obsolete retail paradigm when technologies exist for a better solution. It's time we skipped past the "more roads for more cars to make more trips to town" in favor of something better.
Except that all "convenience shopping" can only happen where zoning allows; the fine PCDP documents "village centers" and "town centers" for this purpose -- but no new locations, only those which already exist and/or cannot be built (HPP) or expanded (Orchidland).
The bigger problem is that all current "planning" efforts are based on the obsolete retail paradigm when technologies exist for a better solution. It's time we skipped past the "more roads for more cars to make more trips to town" in favor of something better.