CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days

Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by dahfizz on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @03:10PM (#34601177)

This is a very simplistic view. Less people per unit land also means less cars per unit land. Depending on how the roads are designed, you can get a spread out neighborhood with no traffic on your street.

I grew up on a cul-de-sac. There were 8 houses on the street. The only time there was a car on the street is when someone from one of those 8 houses went somewhere. There was zero traffic and the street was safe for kids to play in.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by nerdbert on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @04:22PM (#34602357)

> Less people per unit land also means less cars per unit land.

Only if you arbitrarily cherry-pick the unit of analysis to support your argument.

The only way to actually reduce cars per unit of land across all available land is to increase housing density so that sensible transportation alternatives like bicycle and metro become viable for the lazier marginal population.

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