“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.
“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.
generally in Europe people will either:
not every business needs parking right outside
What is it, left and right of those walkable streets? Parked cars on public space.
Also i did not claim that every business needs parking right outside, and they don’t, not necessarily.
Is it really horrible to make the businesses / developers of housing complexes to pay for and build the expected parking?
The car owners pay for that parking with their road taxes or via parking meters - the small extra cost also serves to discourage those with the choice from driving while not strongly adversely affecting those without a choice
Yes, as this increases housing costs a lot, especially when underground parking is required, with little to no benefit for most people.
There are tons of regulations that increase housing costs a lot. Doesn’t mean they all don’t make any sense whatsoever.
Car / inhabitant rate is about 58% in Germany, if you like it or not, and the rate is still getting slightly bigger, so no, most people have a car. Also the parking lots are usually being sold / rented out as an extra, that should at least in theory compensate the price for people without the need somewhat.
Underground parking is more expensive to build, but it’s not being built to blow up the prices, usually it is the only way to reasonably accommodate the parking necessary, also from a financial POV. I hope you are not proposing atrocious ground level parking for urban settings.