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Often, the problem with US cities is that they use a lot of space for parking lots. In order to be practical for walking and cycling, businesses have to be very
by Derbasti 12y ago
Often, the problem with US cities is that they use a lot of space for parking lots. In order to be practical for walking and cycling, businesses have to be very densely packed. Having a parking lot in front of every business spaces them too far apart for cycling or walking. Thus, adding parking lots necessitates cars, and cars necessitate parking lots. A vicious cycle.
- michael_h 12y agoHmmm, I would say that the typical urban US model (that I've seen) is to have centralized parking lots, not a parking lot in front of every business.
- CalRobert 12y agoThe net effect is still a reduction in the density of businesses.
- akgerber 12y agoIn most American cities that aren't New York or San Francisco, half the downtown has been torn down to build parking lots: http://usa.streetsblog.org/category/special-reports/parking-madness-2015/ http://usa.streetsblog.org/category/special-reports/parking-... And, of course, most post-WWII commercial development is either malls, strip malls, or big boxes.