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And get rid of parking minimums.



Compare 'The High Cost of Free Parking'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Cost_of_Free_Parking


you really only need to price it properly.

one approach would be to require landlords to list the cost of parking separately in their lease agreements, and allow renters to opt out of that cost independent of the rest of the lease.

edit: oh, and have city-wide permit parking as well, so that municipal street parking is priced properly too.


Roads are public spaces in Italy, only the state (the city) can charge for public parking

And major cities are already charging as much as they can

That's why people with kids usually move out, that's why they need cars, that's why telling them to go by bike is unimaginable


Are you saying high cost of parking is why cars are attractive?


I'm saying people are willing to pay the price and the state makes a compromise: discourage its use without making it impossible

Prices can only go up to a point, if they go up too much, you'll get street riots, like in France.

People would perceive them as another social injustice that favours reach people that can pay for the access or parking, while probably not needing it.

Bikes are cool, but are for bikers, and it's better like that

I've seen so many people almost kill themselves just because they thought they were good enough at it, but biking is not really an easy thing to do

Of course without cars there are less incidents between bikes and cars

In Netherlands cycling fatalities make up 30% of all the road deaths, which is a lot

In most cities we should promote public transport, which is not optimal for the single individual, but it's easier to deploy and really makes a difference for the community




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