"Urban" planning in the US is actually the art of urban destruction. For nearly every maximum or minimum that the zoning and code sets, flipping the direction

"Urban" planning in the US is actually the art of urban destruction. For nearly every maximum or minimum that the zoning and code sets, flipping the direction would be better. Have parking maximums instead of minimums. Have density minimums rather than maximums. Make those who want to have too much parking get exceptions and be vetoed by a handful of people showing up on a Tuesday afternoon meeting. Let those who want the "luxury" of low density living in urban cores be the ones begging the neighborhood busybodies and control freaks for the chance to under build in prime locations.