The Man Who Invented Intelligent Traffic Control a Century Too Early

Re:The Man Who Invented Intelligent Traffic Control a Centur... by PhasmaFelis on Thursday July 28, 2016 @11:01PM (#12184809)

> If you want to have a car, you have to live somewhere that has an alley/garage space for you. If you want your business to be usable by drivers, have a parking lot or do a parking validation deal with a nearby garage.

I've wondered what would happen if a city was built with a mandate that there must be a parking garage on every block, or every X blocks. You could even make them a public utility, an extension of the public road network.

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Re:The Man Who Invented Intelligent Traffic Control a Centur... by true_religion on Thursday July 28, 2016 @11:13PM (#12184844)

They do have mandates like that. In the D.C. area, every new multi-story apartment building must have at 1.5 car spaces for every apartment apartment larger than a small studio.

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Re:The Man Who Invented Intelligent Traffic Control a Centur... by PhasmaFelis on Sunday July 31, 2016 @10:20PM (#12199890)

So what's the parking like in DC?

In any case, that doesn't quite cover what I was thinking of. I'm curious what would happen if there was a major city with enough parking for everyone to find a space within a block of their destination, whether that's home, work, shopping, or whatever.

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