> Change the policies and the conditions will adjust after a brief, albeit painful period. This is an unproven assertion, which in my view is most likely polit

> Change the policies and the conditions will adjust after a brief, albeit painful period. This is an unproven assertion, which in my view is most likely political dogma rather than analysis. Take a look at parking and alternative transportation in Philadelphia, for instance. It's nothing but pain for everyone and has been for at least 30 years. City zoning codes requiring off-street parking on a per-dwelling or per-sq foot basis at least has the aspect of not letting the situation deteriorate into unlivable squalor, with no good alternatives. It may be that this pushes the problem to the transportation network, true, but that's a different problem to solve. If you want to take away, or let developer profit-driven markets take away a major quality of life issue then you'd better provide a better, cheaper, more individually useful alternative first.