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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
Except at the mass transit railheads, where it is severely lacking. If you want suburban people to use mass transit, then stop discouraging them, and give them a place to park their cars (which are necessary to get from their homes to the miles away railheads).

>>wrycod+rN1
Building giant parking garages ("commuting park and ride") is a failed concept and does not work. No one wants to live around a giant parking area and no one will walk through it to get to the train because there's no housing density nearby. Better to build high density housing around the station with little parking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxWjtpzCIfA

>>mperha+KP1
A thousand residences takes a lot more space than parking for a thousand cars.

In my area, the lot is full, but the buses are fairly empty, as there is not enough parking to support the bus station.

I agree about zoning for density. That’s not the problem in this case.

There’s nothing wrong with individually owned vehicles in rural areas. Work with that, instead of fighting it.