The mall is part of the problem. Concentrating all groceries into one place instead of having mixed urban development.
Ground floor for groceries, upper floors for housing. That’s often done in shopping areas, and it helps a lot. It also helps having small shops spread out evenly.
Another part of the problem is car-brained development. An easy dirty fix would be making most streets bike and pedestrian-only, and making the ‘big’ streets be bus/tram lanes, financed by the municipality/county/state, ie. for and by the people.
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The mall is part of the problem. Concentrating all groceries into one place instead of having mixed urban development.
Ground floor for groceries, upper floors for housing. That’s often done in shopping areas, and it helps a lot. It also helps having small shops spread out evenly.
Another part of the problem is car-brained development. An easy dirty fix would be making most streets bike and pedestrian-only, and making the ‘big’ streets be bus/tram lanes, financed by the municipality/county/state, ie. for and by the people.