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I’m on a neighborhood council in LA, and this is not consistently the case. You often see this flip when it comes to supporting denser development, especially w
by montagg 7y ago
I’m on a neighborhood council in LA, and this is not consistently the case. You often see this flip when it comes to supporting denser development, especially where it intersects with removing single family homes or rent controlled apartments. The willingness to remove parking to get some other benefit for the community evaporates. They’re making tradeoffs that make internal sense, but it does mean you don’t just see soccer moms saying no to removing available parking. It’s sometimes hippies vs urban planners.
- duxup 7y agoI feel like denser housing is always a wildcard as far as any of the folks interested goes. Bussing much less so.
- bluGill 7y agoFortunately transit doesn't need density nearly as much as long straight lines to run on. If you can just convince your local council put in long through streets every half mile transit can work well in low densities. The much hated cul-de-sacs is fine so long as there are direct walking paths to the through streets so nobody is more than quarter mile from both an easy-west and north-south street with transit. (Note, in metric countries, go with 800 meters between through streets for 400 meters to a through street - close enough)
- Sohcahtoa82 7y agoIn Portland, Oregon, the hippies complain about single-family homes being torn down to make apartments/high-rises while simultaneously complaining about urban sprawl. They haven't grasped the concept that you have to accept either growing upwards, laterally, or both. You can't have neither.