Kelly: Is there a downside? I’m thinking of people trying to find a parking place, for starters.

Horowitz: So we see that in places that have actually eliminated parking minimums, that we see fewer people driving at all and having cars and we see vehicle miles traveled decrease because people can get around via other mechanisms.

Well, now, would you look at that?! If we change the incentives, if we stop incentivizing driving by law, people change their behavior. In this case, they can save a ton of money by not needing a car.

  • @[email protected]English
    7•7 months ago

    Less space wasted on parking lots also makes for short distances between places. How about a bicycle? Or… legs?

    • @KbobabobEnglish
      2•7 months ago

      That’s just an argument for building infrastructure to support it which isn’t different from what I said. WTF is with the seemingly snarky bicycle or legs comment like I’m against either somehow?

      • @[email protected]English
        1•7 months ago

        The infrastructure for walking is actually quite a bit smaller than that for parking cars. The smaller infrastructure might actually allow you to talk from building to building in mere seconds!

        Same for bicycles. Bonus: they don’t smell, don’t pollute, don’t make as much noise, you can carry them when broken, etc

        Cars are handy for long distances, or for heavy loads. Tho you could use a bakfiets for the latter