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> That hasn't been my experience at all (living in the DC suburbs). In my experience what "first we make car transport less and less appealing" translates to i
by naravara 6y ago
> That hasn't been my experience at all (living in the DC suburbs).
In my experience what "first we make car transport less and less appealing" translates to is "we should allocate some of this land dedicated to free parking for other uses."
Unfortunately you just can't have a walkable urban neighborhood and also a glut of free parking. But suburbanites insist that city-dwellers should shoulder the opportunity cost of making their wasteful transportation choices more convenient for them.
- sokoloff 6y agoOften it’s the businesses nearby that want that parking to remain. If you don’t give people a convenient means to come from where they live to where your business is, you can’t get their shopping dollar. I don’t care if it’s hard to get there; I’ll just shop someplace else that is convenient. I live on the edge of a city. Most of my shopping is out in the suburbs as they crush the city core on convenience of time and transport (and often on price due to overhead).
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Unfortunately you just can't have a walkable urban neighborhood and also a glut of free parking With proper ventilation, subterranean roads and parking areas could enable this where geology is favorable, but it wouldn't be cheap.
- naravara 6y agoThis could maybe be viable for malls, stadiums, or huge residential buildings. But I don't see it working for rowhome/townhome heavy areas. Just not enough scale to be worth it.