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Unsustainable or not, most people do have a car, and it is a major nuisance when there is inadequate parking around housing. If there isn't parking near a resta
by bittercynic 10y ago
Unsustainable or not, most people do have a car, and it is a major nuisance when there is inadequate parking around housing. If there isn't parking near a restaurant where you want to eat, you might just choose to eat somewhere else. But if there's no parking near your home, you're likely to park illegally/block someone's driveway/generally step on your neighbors' toes.
Inadequate parking does have a negative impact on a neighborhood, and it's not the only way to nudge society in the direction of driving less.
- CaptSpify 10y ago> Inadequate parking does have a negative impact on a neighborhood, and it's not the only way to nudge society in the direction of driving less. Sure, there are better ways to push people, and that's now why I want less parking, that's just a pain-point we shouldn't be trying to fix. > Unsustainable or not, most people do have a car, and it is a major nuisance when there is inadequate parking around housing. So? A nuisance that those people can avoid if they chose too. Sure, they have a right to own a car, but there's not right to avoid nuisance.
- bittercynic 10y agoReplying to CaptSpify: The trouble is that the nuisance is not just for the person "choosing" to have a car, it is for everyone in the area.
- CaptSpify 10y agoOnly because it's a luxury good that everyone thinks they deserve. Cities that don't expect you to have a car (NY, cities in Europe, most of Seattle) don't really have the same problem, because nobody has a car. And it's not like this doesn't have any precedent. We've mostly car-less cities work before many times. EDIT: Are you able to reply to my other post now? I think HN has a timer that limits how often you can reply, but I could be wrong.