HiddenLayer555 to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoParking minimums are systematic oppression by car lobbyists against all others forms of transport. Yeah I said it.imagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down144file-textcross-posted to: fuck_cars
arrow-up1302arrow-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 month agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-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-squareHiddenLayer555OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 month agoMore expensive than the building itself below a certain size
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 month agoThat’s what regulations are for
minus-squarepc486@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month 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-down1·1 month 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-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agomaybe we just don’t really need the parking spaces?
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoPeople that need parking spaces choose their representatives and attend city halls. May we need to do the same…
minus-squarepc486@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.
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.
maybe we just don’t really need the parking spaces?
People that need parking spaces choose their representatives and attend city halls. May we need to do the same…
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.