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Especially in Los Angeles where 14% of land is for parking. https://la.curbed.com/2015/11/30/9895842/how-much-parking-los-angeles https://la.curbed.com/2015/11

Especially in Los Angeles where 14% of land is for parking. https://la.curbed.com/2015/11/30/9895842/how-much-parking-los-angeles https://la.curbed.com/2015/11/30/9895842/how-much-parking-lo... The air quality is particularly bad in LA too. If more people used WayMo EV’s there would be a noticeable difference. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/local-2/report-says-la-has-most-polluted-air-in-united-states/2853463/?amp=1 https://www.nbclosangeles.com/local-2/report-says-la-has-mos...

onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
That's surprisingly low. Houston is ~64% streets and parking: https://oldurbanist.blogspot.com/2011/12/we-are-25-looking-at-street-area.html https://oldurbanist.blogspot.com/2011/12/we-are-25-looking-a...
- melling 4y ago
  “Houston, TX Surface parking: 21.3% Garage parking: 3.7%” Parking is 25%, which is a more apples to apples comparison. More garages in LA?
  - onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
    I'm assuming "surface parking" is mainly parking lots - and not counting street parking - which is close to half of all street & sidwalk surface area.
    - sokoloff 4y ago
      It doesn’t seem likely that parking is even half of street surface let alone street plus sidewalk. That would require more parking width than travel lane width on any given segment with parking (to account for areas where parking is not permitted plus intersections). Few streets have less travel width than parking. Many have a multiple.
      - wrywring 4y ago
        >That would require more parking width than travel lane width on any given segment with parking Not sure about Houston, but that is the case in many dense US city-suburbs. They'll have two-way roads with parking on both sides, and the roads will be about three cars wide. The result is cars parked on both sides, with drivers sharing the middle lane for both directions of travel. When you see someone driving towards you, it's a game of chicken to see who will temporarily pull off into a vacant parking spot. It seems to happen because the lots aren't big enough for 2-4 car garages and driveways. And for our friends across the ponds, yes: US households really do demand space for at least 2-4 cars per family.
moralestapia 4y ago
>air quality [...] If more people used WayMo EV’s there would be a noticeable difference. How come? A car's emissions shouldn't change drastically whether it has a driver or not.
- cgrealy 4y ago
  I think the emissions drop comes from the fact that they are EVs, not that they are autonomous.
- matthewowen 4y ago
  > EVs
- jeffbee 4y ago
  I believe you'll find that the difference between a machine and a human driving the same car can be dramatic. A lot of humans just drive like complete dicks. Switching the throttle map on my car to "eco" and driving in a sensible way gets me +50% MPG compared to setting the throttle map to "sport" and driving like a teenager.

onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago

That's surprisingly low. Houston is ~64% streets and parking: https://oldurbanist.blogspot.com/2011/12/we-are-25-looking-at-street-area.html https://oldurbanist.blogspot.com/2011/12/we-are-25-looking-a...

melling 4y ago
“Houston, TX Surface parking: 21.3% Garage parking: 3.7%” Parking is 25%, which is a more apples to apples comparison. More garages in LA?
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
  I'm assuming "surface parking" is mainly parking lots - and not counting street parking - which is close to half of all street & sidwalk surface area.
  - sokoloff 4y ago
    It doesn’t seem likely that parking is even half of street surface let alone street plus sidewalk. That would require more parking width than travel lane width on any given segment with parking (to account for areas where parking is not permitted plus intersections). Few streets have less travel width than parking. Many have a multiple.
    - wrywring 4y ago
      >That would require more parking width than travel lane width on any given segment with parking Not sure about Houston, but that is the case in many dense US city-suburbs. They'll have two-way roads with parking on both sides, and the roads will be about three cars wide. The result is cars parked on both sides, with drivers sharing the middle lane for both directions of travel. When you see someone driving towards you, it's a game of chicken to see who will temporarily pull off into a vacant parking spot. It seems to happen because the lots aren't big enough for 2-4 car garages and driveways. And for our friends across the ponds, yes: US households really do demand space for at least 2-4 cars per family.

moralestapia 4y ago

>air quality [...] If more people used WayMo EV’s there would be a noticeable difference. How come? A car's emissions shouldn't change drastically whether it has a driver or not.

cgrealy 4y ago
I think the emissions drop comes from the fact that they are EVs, not that they are autonomous.
matthewowen 4y ago
> EVs
jeffbee 4y ago
I believe you'll find that the difference between a machine and a human driving the same car can be dramatic. A lot of humans just drive like complete dicks. Switching the throttle map on my car to "eco" and driving in a sensible way gets me +50% MPG compared to setting the throttle map to "sport" and driving like a teenager.