Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses

Re:Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses by deepsun on Saturday April 09, 2022 @03:55PM (#30971431)

Not true. Kyiv, Ukraine keeps building skyscrapers with almost 0 parking in it (althoug there are dedicated parking buildings within about 10-15 minute walk, not as convenient). And everyone hates it that way. People keep complaining. Developers keep building.

As one developer told me -- that simply financially makes more sense for them to build an apartment instead of parking. Why should they solve other people's business?

At first I was outraged, but now I kinda see a long term benefits of that, even thought it's harder for me to own a car. Hopefully that'd lead to improvement of public transportation or invention of new ways to move.

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Re:Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses by mantas on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:28PM (#30971722)

Not sure about Kyiv, but here in Vilnius the elephant in the room is parking enforcement. Illegal parking under no-parking signs, blocking sidestreets by leaving minimal space to pass, on the grass, in basketball courts, playgrounds... Municipality doesn't give a fuck. People don't buy parking spots since hey, free parking out in the street! And developers build little parking since nobody buys. But everybody still drives and surroundings are a mess.

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Re:Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses by rtlfe on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:24PM (#30971682)

Sounds like there's no other choice in Kyiv. In any US city there are hundreds of buildings with parking that people could choose to live in if that's what they want.

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Re:Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses by coolspot on Saturday April 09, 2022 @05:37PM (#30972306)

Same thing in Moscow, Russia. 25-story apartment buildings with little to no parking.

People live like ants.

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