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Re:An End to Parking? by afarrell on Thursday January 21, 2016 @02:44AM (#10943924)
> "San Francisco is going bananas for new housing, and Manhattan is always looking for space, and here we have this sitting in front of us," Samaras says. "That's what autonomous vehicles can do."

Wouldn't a sizable portion of the electorate in San Francisco object in the name of affordable housing to building new housing in the space left behind by unused parking?

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Re:An End to Parking? by tempestn on Thursday January 21, 2016 @03:08AM (#10944007)
> object in the name of affordable housing to building new housing

Doesn't building more housing increase housing affordability? Why would they object?

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Re:An End to Parking? by afarrell on Thursday January 21, 2016 @03:53AM (#10944112)
Comprehensive sex education and access to contraception generally decreases rates of teen pregnancy. People still object to those two things in the name of avoiding teen pregnancy.
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Re:An End to Parking? by danielrhodes on Thursday January 21, 2016 @03:46AM (#10944098)
No, in fact neighborhood groups generally get upset if new housing goes up without parking as it is believed the new residents will put additional pressure on public parking spots.
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