The US has long been the world leader in building parking spaces. During the mid 20th century, city zoning codes began to include requirements and quotas for most developments to include parking spaces. The supply skyrocketed. A 2011 study by the University of California, estimated there are upwards of 800m parking spaces in the US, covering about 25,000 square miles of land. — the Guardian
Increasingly, cities are rethinking this approach. As cities across the world begin to prioritise walkable urban development and the type of city living that does not require a car for every trip, city officials are beginning to move away from blanket policies of providing abundant parking.
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Driverless car propaganda .... happens to be good in this case
Driverless cars are a chimera. We don't need people locked in metal boxes being driven by a hard drive, we need people walking around for their health and the health of the environment.
Neo-railroads!
Where in the article was the term ‘driverless cars’ used?
Too much of the architectural development during the 20th Centrury was cursed by the requirement to include privately owned cars. The extent of the folly has barely been noticed let alone discussed with a goal of creating a unified transportation system.
The use of cars is amazingly intrusive. Need I count the ways?
Anytime you have to take a car to ‘accomplish’ something, you are accepting a degraded quality of life which should shame you.
Ideally my home would be in the parking lot of a quality grocery store.
But most zoning laws make this difficult or impossible.
The list goes on and on, we have created an environment and a lifestyle which is not worth living in.
Except for all but a few.
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