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>Nothing is stopping anyone from building denser infrastructure, I'm in favor of lifting the often absurd parking requirements seen. That's the thing though -
by occz 5y ago
>Nothing is stopping anyone from building denser infrastructure, I'm in favor of lifting the often absurd parking requirements seen.
That's the thing though - single-family zoning, parking minimums and highway-like standards for streets are very much stopping density from being built. What little density is attempted to be built gets killed by NIMBYism.
- Aloha 5y agoWhat I dont want is to density to be mandated, I think if you eliminate the rules requiring not-density, it will develop on its own.
- ItsMonkk 5y agoJapan's zoning system does a decent job of mediating between the two. Here's[0] a good summary of their system. For your case, category 1 would fit perfectly. When category 1 is 20% of the land, that's fine. When it's 80%, like it is in most of the USA and Canada, that's why we're seeing backlash from the likes of StrongTowns/NJB. [0]: https://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html https://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanese-zoning.htm...