3 ms·
It's not easy to solve because people go ballistic if you suggest removing even a single parking space. See for example the 30+ year struggle to develop bus rap
by necubi 8y ago
It's not easy to solve because people go ballistic if you suggest removing even a single parking space. See for example the 30+ year struggle to develop bus rapid transit on Geary in SF [0], or the effort Bay Area Bikeshare has to go through to get each and every dock approved by the city [1].
Fundamentally the problem is that car-owners currently receive an enormous subsidy in the form of cheap or free street parking and they jealously guard that privilege, even in supposedly progressive cities like San Francisco.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geary_Bus_Rapid_Transit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geary_Bus_Rapid_Transit
[1] https://www.thebaycitybeacon.com/politics/dude-where-s-my-bike-share/article_4b9aee64-d007-11e8-8ae1-0f03795d6a7c.html https://www.thebaycitybeacon.com/politics/dude-where-s-my-bi...