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I'm not sure why SF and LA should get to dictate how much parking is or isn't required in Copperopolis or Barstow. Parking spaces is not an issue in almost the

• gamegoblin 3y ago
  This law will have no effect on rural places where parking is abundant. Yes, it prevents places like Copperopolis from passing laws that require more parking, but individual businesses will still build abundant parking because their customers want it and land is cheap. Dense places do not have the tools to correct the problem themselves due to the coordination problems mentioned in the parent comment. It's a pure game theory situation where nobody wants to act first. One could imagine a more targeted law that only applied to municipalities within X distance of a Y population density municipality, so you try to sharp-shoot the satellite suburbs that want the benefits of big-city density without the costs. But such targeted laws are also pretty hard to get right.
  • frumper 3y ago
    > Dense places do not have the tools to correct the problem themselves due to the coordination problems mentioned in the parent comment. It's a pure game theory situation where nobody wants to act first. Nobody wanting to act first doesn't mean they can't correct the problem. It means they don't. The federal government doesn't need to be involved in this.