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> End mandatory minimum parking requirements. Including mandatory handicapped spaces?

• nwah1 8y ago
  If you live in a walkable area, handicapped accessibility means ramps and elevators, and handicapped-accessible public transit. Even in our current largely non-walkable cities, there's neighborhoods with high walkability scores. Doesn't make sense for planners to hand out edicts from on high, which force these places to spend money on parking that they don't want. Which, by the way, causes sprawl since more land is devoted to cars rather than people. It makes sense to mandate that a certain ratio of parking be allotted to the handicapped. But if the total parking is zero, then the ratio would net out to zero.
• the_gastropod 8y ago
  I know this is well-intended, but "what about the disabled?" has become almost a canard for suggesting the status-quo is ideal for disabled people. It's absolutely not. Virtually every suggestion this author made would benefit disabled people. Denser/walkable cities aren't just good for walkers. They're easier to traverse in wheelchairs, crutches, etc, too. A 2+-ton, 100+hp vehicle capable of going 150+mph is not the best way to transport a disabled person. It's just what we have available, given our current city layouts. We can do better.
  • msla 8y ago
    > I know this is well-intended, but "what about the disabled?" has become almost a canard Accusing me of dishonest argumentation ends the argument, and indicates your side has no actual points to make.