Re:Why parking minimums almost destroyed my town and how we ...
by pjc50 on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:47AM
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As an example I have personal experience of, for most of the west coast of Scotland the nearest collection of large shops, banks, etc is in Inverness - which is a 2 hour drive or 24 hour walk.
Smaller towns have more need of cars than large ones, to get out of the town.
Re:Why parking minimums almost destroyed my town and how we ...
by eherot on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @05:34PM
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I'd posit that we are going to have a very hard time fighting off climate change if we aren't allowed to do anything to discourage people from driving 40 minutes to a nearby town every time they want to go shopping. The transportation sector is the biggest carbon emitter, and at some point we have to come to terms with the fact that in order to reduce our carbon emissions, we are all going to have to drive a lot less.
For very small towns the nearest X is probably at least a 4 hour walk away, in the next town over, for many values of X. For large cities the nearest X is probably a 4 minute walk away for most values of X. The smaller the town the less chance that what you want is within walking distance and the more important it is to have a car.