Why Every City Is Exactly One Hour Wide
We made transport faster for 2,000 years… and somehow didn’t save the time. Ancient Romans walked. Modern commuters drive, ride trains, and fly. Yet both often spend about an hour a day getting around. This video explains Marchetti’s constant: the strange pattern that average travel time stays near one hour a day, even as transport gets faster. If you enjoy this type of video, make sure to subscribe for more interesting topics about the world. Chapters 0:00 The Missing Saved Time 0:41 Rome's One-Hour City 1:50 Marchetti's Constant 3:41 Speed Becomes Sprawl 4:57 Selling Distance in Metro-land 5:46 Why New Lanes Fill 7:17 The Limits of the Constant 8:03 Can Anything Break It #UrbanPlanning #Commute #History #Transport
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