U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums

Re:U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums by medvezhenok on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:56AM (#38856367)

This is the approach Singapore (and in some ways, Hong Kong) takes; you can own a car, but you must purchase a 10-year use permit, which costs in some cases much more than a car itself (something like $80,000 over 10 years). So if you're buying a Toyota Corolla ($20K car), you'd still need a $80K operating permit to use it.

That's why 90%+ of the people in Singapore use public transportation or carpool. Granted, you would need the public infrastructure for that to be possible. But if you make cars unaffordable for the average person, suddenly there would be A LOT more pressure on local government to get public infrastructure done.

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Re:U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums by breezeTrowel on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @01:45PM (#38857939)

Sure but public infrastructure doesn't magically appear overnight. It takes years, decades even, and costs a ton of money. I think the solutions may come laterally from developments in autonomous construction robots. They're being developed in Japan due to negative population growth reducing the available construction workforce.

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Re:U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums by shiroiuma on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:02AM (#38864750)

Here in Tokyo, you're not allowed to buy a car unless you can prove to the police that you have a place to park it (and that it actually fits: they'll come measure).

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