HiddenLayer555 to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoParking minimums are systematic oppression by car lobbyists against all others forms of transport. Yeah I said it.imagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down138file-textcross-posted to: fuck_cars
arrow-up1274arrow-down1imageParking minimums are systematic oppression by car lobbyists against all others forms of transport. Yeah I said it.HiddenLayer555 to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fuck_cars
“It’s not like the government is forcing you to buy a car!” If you live in a city with parking minimums, yes they fucking are.
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 day agoWhat’s wrong with underground parkings?
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoKeep the space underground available for underpasses and subways.
minus-squareHiddenLayer555OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 day agoMore expensive than the building itself below a certain size
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 day agoThat’s what regulations are for
minus-squarepc486@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoUnderground spots are roughly 20 to 50 thousand dollars each. Surface lots are only a few thousand per spot. Do you want to invest in my coffee shop idea? I need a few million dollars to build the required parking.
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·22 hours agoIt’s hard to think beyond the individualistic businesses oriented thinking. I see you, it’s ok. But I was thinking about public parking spaces.
minus-squarepc486@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoParking regulations don’t apply to public projects. Strong Towns well documents the problem with parking regulations as they are written and applied in practice. I highly recommend checking it out.
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agomaybe we just don’t really need the parking spaces?
minus-squareazimirlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day agoNothing. Build it if you want, but parking minimums are anti-people and city decaying laws.
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThe point is, parking minimums should include area maximum. But yeah it seems they are especially designed to be awefull…
What’s wrong with underground parkings?
Keep the space underground available for underpasses and subways.
More expensive than the building itself below a certain size
That’s what regulations are for
Underground spots are roughly 20 to 50 thousand dollars each. Surface lots are only a few thousand per spot.
Do you want to invest in my coffee shop idea? I need a few million dollars to build the required parking.
It’s hard to think beyond the individualistic businesses oriented thinking. I see you, it’s ok.
But I was thinking about public parking spaces.
Parking regulations don’t apply to public projects. Strong Towns well documents the problem with parking regulations as they are written and applied in practice. I highly recommend checking it out.
maybe we just don’t really need the parking spaces?
Nothing. Build it if you want, but parking minimums are anti-people and city decaying laws.
The point is, parking minimums should include area maximum. But yeah it seems they are especially designed to be awefull…