When cities manage curb parking properly, curb parking shortages will disappear & minimum parking regulations can be removed, even in cities where no public transit exists.
If your planners don’t believe me, ask them to critique this presentation.
#YIMBY
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If your planners don’t believe me, ask them to critique this presentation.
#YIMBY
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Corollary: When cities fail to manage curb parking properly, no amount of public transit will prevent curb parking shortages.
Do you doubt that? Try visiting #SF’s #UnionSquare, which has the best transit service of any place west of Chicago, after 6 PM when the meters turn off.
Do you doubt that? Try visiting #SF’s #UnionSquare, which has the best transit service of any place west of Chicago, after 6 PM when the meters turn off.
Before 6 PM, #SF’s #SFpark program is in effect in #UnionSquare: demand-based curb parking prices balance supply & demand, so curb parking is easy to find.
After 6 PM, curb parking prices are cut to $0, so curbs become overcrowded. All the buses in the world won't fix this.
After 6 PM, curb parking prices are cut to $0, so curbs become overcrowded. All the buses in the world won't fix this.
Planners who wrongly believe minimum parking laws must be imposed on cities without good public transit are, ironically, guilty of creating auto-dependent land use patterns that undermine transit ridership & lead to service cuts.
To fix this, show them how to manage curb parking
To fix this, show them how to manage curb parking
