I know it’s common in my city, Sydney, for apartment complexes to build enough car spaces for the occupants. Part of the issue is that of they didn’t have that requirement, none would be built, I steady putting extra pressure on street parking and public parking facilities. Residents of those complexes also have no entitlement to a parking permit, which older houses without spots do have.
Nowadays, in inner city with less car need, the spaces required is reduced, with some spots reserved for car share schemes instead.
So, like everything, blanket rules aren’t great but rules are needed for a reason.
As a non car owner, I’d love to agree. Banning car spots and cars is not yet feasible for most people. So, not having those spots available would make those kind of developments harmful for the rest of the community, further marginalizing them.
What is more likely to work is to make the regulation more flexible. So community cars count as 2 or 3 private cars. Then the complex needs less spaces.
I know it’s common in my city, Sydney, for apartment complexes to build enough car spaces for the occupants. Part of the issue is that of they didn’t have that requirement, none would be built, I steady putting extra pressure on street parking and public parking facilities. Residents of those complexes also have no entitlement to a parking permit, which older houses without spots do have.
Nowadays, in inner city with less car need, the spaces required is reduced, with some spots reserved for car share schemes instead.
So, like everything, blanket rules aren’t great but rules are needed for a reason.
Good. Ban car parking.
Don’t build those either. Put the money that would have been spent on parking spaces into towtrucks.
As a non car owner, I’d love to agree. Banning car spots and cars is not yet feasible for most people. So, not having those spots available would make those kind of developments harmful for the rest of the community, further marginalizing them.
What is more likely to work is to make the regulation more flexible. So community cars count as 2 or 3 private cars. Then the complex needs less spaces.
Necessity is the mother of invention. “Destroy it and they will leave.”
We could be like Japan where in order to own a car, you have to prove you have somewhere private to park it instead of just putting it on the street.
Which is the point of the requirement we’re talking about, lol!