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We’ve Got to Stop Requiring Parking Everywhere
- al_borland 4y agoI'm all for better planned cities that don't need massive parking lots, but that needs to come with dramatically improved public transit, dedicated and protected bicycle lanes (not just a line of paint), and other ways for people who don't live within walking distance to use the space. I don't bother going to most suburban downtown areas unless I can walk there from my home. Parking, even with the current rules, is often too much of a pain. This encourages urban sprawl with giant free parking lots. It's just easier to drive down some stoads and park in a massive parking lot, than it is to drive down narrow streets, navigate through a parking structure, pay, and walk around. I love living in a downtown area, but hate driving to them. I'm slightly embarrassed by the number of urban planning videos I've watched which center around the Netherlands. But a lot of the concepts they employ make a lot of sense. For example, instead of a US crosswalk where people enter into car space, it is structured in a way where it is clear that the car is entering people space, and it provides a lot of singles and barriers that force the car to slow down.