The city council in Austin, Texas recently proposed something that could seem like political Kryptonite: getting rid of parking minimums.

Those are the rules that dictate how much off-street parking developers must provide — as in, a certain number of spaces for every apartment and business.

Around the country, cities are throwing out their own parking requirements – hoping to end up with less parking, more affordable housing, better transit, and walkable neighborhoods.

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    • @dogslayeggs
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      I mean, in Los Angeles they just got rid of the parking requirement for ADUs, which allows many more of those to be built. I had no way to build an ADU on my property before because it required off-street parking. Now it doesn’t, so I’m beginning construction of more housing. I’m not the only one, either. I know multiple people building new properties to rent after this change.

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