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> I had to have two parking spaces for some reason The reason for that is that in ten years' time, you may have moved on and sold your house, and the next tena

> I had to have two parking spaces for some reason The reason for that is that in ten years' time, you may have moved on and sold your house, and the next tenants will probably own two cars (this being the US), and so will end up parking on the street. If everyone does this, it's a nightmare Enforcing a number of parking spaces per dwelling is very common even here in France

pc86 8y ago
And these are exactly the kinds of things the home buyer should take into account. But if the builder doesn't need or want something, they shouldn't be forced to build it for the sake of a theoretical buyer decades in the future. If the builder doesn't put in something that is in high demand it will negatively impact their ability to sell the home or they'll have to price it accordingly. Seems like a pretty good system without having a government commission tell someone they need an arbitrary number of parking spaces that they have no use for.
- namdnay 8y ago
  The problem is that the impact is also external. Maybe the future buyer doesn't mind parking in the street, but the neighbours definitely do. The government isn't telling anyone anything - it's a purely municipal decision
  - pc86 8y ago
    Municipalities are governments.
CalRobert 8y ago
So charge for the street parking. I don't get to store my junk on the street for free, why can others?
- namdnay 8y ago
  I completely agree, the best solution is those meters where you put in your license plate number, with 1h free per car per day. The problem is that charging for street parking is trickier politically than setting rules for construction. Builders will build apartment blocks with not enough parking spaces, people will buy the apartments because they're cheaper, and then complain that the municipality is extorting them by making them pay to park in the street... It's a lot easier to just fix the problem at the source, even if it's not as fair
  - CalRobert 8y ago
    The issue is that it fixes on problem by introducing many others, but I rant here about parking enough. Suffice it to say adding free parking introduce horrendous incentives, destroys streetscapes (your shopfronts are now parking), is expensive for everyone even if they don't drive, and makes walking, cycling, and taking public transport less viable and less pleasant.

pc86 8y ago

And these are exactly the kinds of things the home buyer should take into account. But if the builder doesn't need or want something, they shouldn't be forced to build it for the sake of a theoretical buyer decades in the future. If the builder doesn't put in something that is in high demand it will negatively impact their ability to sell the home or they'll have to price it accordingly. Seems like a pretty good system without having a government commission tell someone they need an arbitrary number of parking spaces that they have no use for.

namdnay 8y ago
The problem is that the impact is also external. Maybe the future buyer doesn't mind parking in the street, but the neighbours definitely do. The government isn't telling anyone anything - it's a purely municipal decision
- pc86 8y ago
  Municipalities are governments.

CalRobert 8y ago

So charge for the street parking. I don't get to store my junk on the street for free, why can others?

namdnay 8y ago
I completely agree, the best solution is those meters where you put in your license plate number, with 1h free per car per day. The problem is that charging for street parking is trickier politically than setting rules for construction. Builders will build apartment blocks with not enough parking spaces, people will buy the apartments because they're cheaper, and then complain that the municipality is extorting them by making them pay to park in the street... It's a lot easier to just fix the problem at the source, even if it's not as fair
- CalRobert 8y ago
  The issue is that it fixes on problem by introducing many others, but I rant here about parking enough. Suffice it to say adding free parking introduce horrendous incentives, destroys streetscapes (your shopfronts are now parking), is expensive for everyone even if they don't drive, and makes walking, cycling, and taking public transport less viable and less pleasant.