This is the video that first got my notice, of Parking laws of all things.
I'm sure some of you have seen it, but for anyone in North America I think this is a must watch, you'll never see parking the same way again. What do you all think about it?
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Is that secret: parking on the sides of the road so that no one can drive down the street?
Take a watch, it's really interesting. Businesses are required to make so much parking available to their customers. How much is now out of date and completely arbitrary rules, but they are still mandated to. What this has led to is declining downtowns where there isn't enough parking, and massive huge parking lots that are never full in the outskirts. It's really interesting!
Do you always take thing to extreme so no one could win? The video talks about how there's just way too many parking that most place doesn't even need that much but are mandatory to have as much.
Just thinking of the experiences I’ve had in my city with its war on parking.
We have neighborhoods now that have “resident parking only” signs in the streets. And delivery trucks double parking in the street. And there’s no room for bike lanes.
We’ve gone from one extreme to the other.
My city also have this issue, but mostly because people refused to walk more than a few shop lot to get to where they want to be. They will double park and clog the back alley just so they will only spend less than 20 sec walking.
In a bigger city where i went to college, it's so full of car in the housing area and high-rise that it's almost impossible to park, and if you found one it would be 5 to 10min walk back to your house. And if i drive to college i would be late for class because i have to park so far away, and in places that i would get a ticket. I genuinely hate that place when i live there, car is everywhere and it's impossible to find space to park which sometime i have to take the bus so i don't have to worry about this issue.
That is almost 20 years ago. Thinking back, it's a very silly issue to whine about because at the same time, food and grocery is never too far, both is accessible within 15 min walks, and college is 30 min walks away. The parking issue is mostly self inflicted, i could've cycle everywhere and save me some headache, even ride up to the front of my class. Everything is so close by and accessible.
Now imagine the other extreme, developer is mandated to build a sprawl, everything and everywhere needed car to go because it's too far. Would you prefer that extreme? Imo i wouldn't, the "lack of parking" scenario makes much more sense to me, i'd prefer cycling in hilly area(where i'm currently living in) than those urban sprawl.