And unlike the absolutely terrifying planned city-like look you get from looking at pictures used to represent Superblocks, in Tokyo the superblock mechanism is the logical conclusion of organic development over the decades and has a natural feel, leading to pretty small buildings that are just densely packed together.
Almost all[1] roads in Tokyo are single lane! Not "one lane each direction" but "one lane". The massive avenues are sparse because it turns out you don't need that sort of capacity in most places.
Walking around Tokyo, even European cities feel super wasteful and car-centric with how wide roads are.
[1]: maybe 80%+? Less true in the most popular parts of the city though, where you have the biggest ap't complexes
Oh, interesting! I was just thinking how much space in SF is wasted on roads. I'd love to see them create superblocks and turn some streets into parks, housing, etc.
Almost all[1] roads in Tokyo are single lane! Not "one lane each direction" but "one lane". The massive avenues are sparse because it turns out you don't need that sort of capacity in most places.
Walking around Tokyo, even European cities feel super wasteful and car-centric with how wide roads are.
[1]: maybe 80%+? Less true in the most popular parts of the city though, where you have the biggest ap't complexes