The opposite is happening in Los Angeles. They are scrapping laws that require builders to create off-street parking for apartments, but the parking spots are wanted and used. LA is nowhere close to a walkable city, and biking is putting your life in the hands of some very questionably talented drivers. So everyone here has a car. In the past there have been laws for minimum parking spots for a new building project, but the city has prioritized creating housing and is getting rid of those laws. The only issue is this isn’t NYC or London or Paris. We don’t have a comprehensive subway system, and our buses system takes a long time to get anywhere. Those renters are going to park on the streets or will be faced with streets putting up resident’s only parking that excludes their specific building.
It’s interesting that Australian cities have 40 percent of single-bedroom apartments with people who don’t have cars.
threaded - newest
The opposite is happening in Los Angeles. They are scrapping laws that require builders to create off-street parking for apartments, but the parking spots are wanted and used. LA is nowhere close to a walkable city, and biking is putting your life in the hands of some very questionably talented drivers. So everyone here has a car. In the past there have been laws for minimum parking spots for a new building project, but the city has prioritized creating housing and is getting rid of those laws. The only issue is this isn’t NYC or London or Paris. We don’t have a comprehensive subway system, and our buses system takes a long time to get anywhere. Those renters are going to park on the streets or will be faced with streets putting up resident’s only parking that excludes their specific building.
It’s interesting that Australian cities have 40 percent of single-bedroom apartments with people who don’t have cars.