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If 5% of the population is "disabled" for the purposes of a handicapped parking sticker, do we need 5% of the parking spaces reserved for them? No. All the disa
by joshuaheard 9y ago
If 5% of the population is "disabled" for the purposes of a handicapped parking sticker, do we need 5% of the parking spaces reserved for them? No. All the disabled people can't be in all the disabled spots at the same time. You must consider usage rates. If all 5% of the handicapped population is using only 10% of the handicapped spots at any one time, we would only need .5% of a parking lot to be handicapped spots.
This program has good intentions, but it needs to be more precise about how many parking spots are actually needed, and who actually needs them.
- aaron-santos 9y agoI'm not convinced that's how the math works. I can just as easily conclude that if all 95% of the non-handicapped population is using only 10% of the non-handicapped spots at any one time, we would only need 9.5% of a parking lot to be non-handicapped spots.