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-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?
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?