“Mandatory parking minimums helped shape the modern makeup of America cities. They become a self-fulfilling prophecy, in effect. More parking spaces mean bigger parking lots. Bigger parking lots mean more buildings isolated from roads and sidewalks…Faced with so much mandatory automotive-centric infrastructure, many people abandon walking and choose to drive.” Via CNN Business. #parking #cars
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/20/business/parking-minimums-cars-transportation-urban-planning/index.html

just let absolutely anyone buy a deadly weapon but it's okay because we have rules and paint and signs that say to be careful, and white supremacists with guns to shoot some of the people who aren't careful enough

fun to see the silent hand of @mathowie at work in the world: @NoFreeParking learned about Donald Shoup from a Metafilter post https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/05/02/eliminating-parking-minimums-liveable-cities/