Zoning reform. It’s boring, but the way we zone most regions practically requires a car. You need mixed use areas, commercial and high density residential areas, smaller roads and bypass highways. Separating and isolating commercial from industrial from reaidential separates the jobs from the stores from the homes.
I’ve been seeing this more lately actually as a trend. I think policy makers (well at least some local and state) are getting smart to the idea that rezoning, while NIMBY’s hate it, is really smart city wide policy. Reduces need for spending public funds on additional housing and reduces road maintenance and public services that are required to upkeep a car dependent city.
Zoning reform. It’s boring, but the way we zone most regions practically requires a car. You need mixed use areas, commercial and high density residential areas, smaller roads and bypass highways. Separating and isolating commercial from industrial from reaidential separates the jobs from the stores from the homes.
I’ve been seeing this more lately actually as a trend. I think policy makers (well at least some local and state) are getting smart to the idea that rezoning, while NIMBY’s hate it, is really smart city wide policy. Reduces need for spending public funds on additional housing and reduces road maintenance and public services that are required to upkeep a car dependent city.