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Love this. Most North American cities are built around cars, it'll take a lot to change this. But it won't happen by the free market alone, cities need to hire
by afinlayson 5y ago
Love this. Most North American cities are built around cars, it'll take a lot to change this. But it won't happen by the free market alone, cities need to hire good urban planners and user experience designers to build these cities.
- davidw 5y agoI'm no market fundamentalist, but there are so many things in our current codes that prevent the market from doing its job. Parking minimums for instance. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/10/11/where-we-embrace-socialism-in-the-us-parking-lots https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/10/11/where-we-embr... At the very least, we should get rid of that sort of thing, and work on planning the public spaces we do have, like roads, sidewalks, bike paths and parks.