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Densification in Dutch villages: how does that appear like? - Hans on the Bike

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You can view the original post here We talked rather a lot about denser cities when the City of Ottawa’s new Official Plan was mentioned: extra properties on an acre to accommodate a rising inhabitants, but additionally to realize higher returns on public transit and make the 15 minute neighbourhoods possible. However how does that truly appear like if it's not Hongkong, Manhattan or a type of megacities in China? Or Madrid, Paris or Rome? Tons of house As Canadians, we prefer to assume, “ we have tons of space because we live in a big country “, but size doesn’t really matter. Once in a while I get comments on Twitter, when I throw in another cool Dutch infrastructure thing: “ Haha, in Canada we commute 100 km, in Holland you will have crossed the country! ” Properly really, it's not distance, it's time. It's an financial actuality: you'll be able to’t actually commute 8 hours a day. Few excessive rises in Dutch villages I'm at the mo...