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The title says cities but it's really about city centers. Edit: This is relevant because US cities tend to include a large amount of residential areas that don
by rascul 4y ago
The title says cities but it's really about city centers.
Edit: This is relevant because US cities tend to include a large amount of residential areas that don't have parking lots. When city centers are commercial areas that serve the city and surrounding areas inside and outside of the city, people are going to drive there and they need a place to park. There are potential ways to make parking less concentrated in the center though, which includes public transportation, one thing we're often not great at in the US.
- frosted-flakes 4y agoLarge amounts of residential areas filled with single family homes, all of which have their own private parking lots.
- rascul 4y agoMaybe they all do, maybe they don't. Maybe it's more than 1/5, but maybe it's less. The article doesn't touch on it.
- brewdad 4y agoLook around you. How many SFH homes have been built in the last 80 years that don't have a driveway or an off-street parking spot? Maybe 1%? Probably far fewer than that.
- rascul 4y agoThe article title claimed that 1/5 of cities are parking lots but that wasn't what the article was about. I doubt that 1/5 of cities are parking lots (including driveways) but reading the article doesn't attempt to show that.
- erik_seaberg 4y agoCalifornia relaxed the requirements on converting a garage to housing, which potentially doubles the drivers while removing parking spaces.