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>>amathe+(OP)
Can someone explain where this recent flurry (last 2 years or so) of anti-car evangelism has come from?

I can't help but feel that many people who now work remote and therefore don't need to commute suddenly are all for moving to mass transportation...that other people will use to get to work.

>>Workac+l9
A common expression is "parking is the third rail of local politics". More parking is the number one demand for every aged driver in City Council meetings and absurd parking costs the chief reason why development projects are cancelled.

Much of our housing shortage is directly due to parking minimums and its resulting tacit ban on high-density housing.

>>mperha+ib
I've only ever heard of parking complaints in urban areas.

Suburbs are awash with parking. Maybe we should require parking to be "behind" stores instead of in front.

>>bombca+Vv1
Even in suburbs, parking can be used as a talking point to block densification projects. Oh no, we're going to build a 10-storey apartment, where are the residents going to park??//

>>nayuki+k82
It's just that, a talking point. If they add a huge parking garage underground the people who don't want the development will find something else to complain about.