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This feels like a positive feedback loop (not the good kind), where the more parking is needed, the more people feel they need to drive. And the more people fee
by xracy 4y ago
This feels like a positive feedback loop (not the good kind), where the more parking is needed, the more people feel they need to drive. And the more people feel they need to drive, the more they need parking and the more space between stores gets added.
- josephcsible 4y agoHave the parking minimums actually been increased lately, though?
- xracy 4y agoI sure hope not, but that doesn't really solve the parking issues? You need a parking space for your car permanently, and one for every place you might visit. (up to as many people as are likely to be visiting it). In a popular place to visit, that could be a lot if people don't have some other way to get there. So, you have to build in extra space between you and that place to account for parking, and the roads required to get there.
- josephcsible 4y agoMy point is that if the parking minimums haven't gone up, then the loop you describe doesn't actually exist, since more space between stores doesn't actually get added.
- xracy 4y agoWhat? If the law that requires an absolute minimum number of parking spaces hasn't increased, then the total number of parking spaces hasn't increased? People can build more parking spaces than the parking minimums? Also, Parking minimums themselves increase parking for new businesses? Any new structure you build being subject to parking minimums contributes to the loop I'm describing.
- dublinben 4y agoMuch of a city will predate these regulations. Even without increasing the minimums, as grandfathered properties are redeveloped they must increase their parking. New developments will also bring up the amount of parking as they comply with current minimums.
- b1ue64 4y agoSame with increasing highway and road lanes