Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
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Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”?  Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without?  Obviously there are plenty of Americans who do love their cars, but here’s more evidence that there are fewer of them […]

cross-posted from: https://kbin.melroy.org/m/[email protected]/t/1372827

We find that nearly one fifth of urban and suburban US car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18 %), and an additional 40 % are open to the idea. This is in addition to the small share (10 %) of urban and suburban US residents currently living without a car.

  • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    That’s good to hear a reduction was able to be approved. Nine spaces is even enough square footage for an additional apartment per level, if that’s what they were building. It would nice to see more developers push for less parking in favour of more living space.

    Surely it’s in their interest, with revenue coming from the housing not the car park. Of course, this is a difficult status quo to challenge. It’s almost as if a building would need constructing on half a parcel, follow the parking minimum, then the units only be rented to people without cars simply to prove it can be done. Then put up a second building.

    It would be a bit silly to build a literal proof of concept, though sometimes an example people can lay eyes on is a necessity.