Parking laws are a big driver of why everybody drives cars in America(www.youtube.com)

posted 1 year ago

I really enjoy the ClimateTown youtube channel. I had never considered that parking laws could be behind why my city looks like such a dystopian concrete jungle.

They also provide some instructions for how to contact your local council reps to voice your concerns - https://www.climatechangemakers.org/playbook-parking-mandates/#action

I don’t think I’m as active in politics as I should be but we all have to start somewhere. I’m sharing here and hope some of you also try reaching out to your local reps. You can even complain about more than just parking laws!

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MelonTheMan@lemmy.worldOP

4 points

1 year ago

absolutely - my hope is that businesses would rather push for public transit rather than buy more land and slather it with hot asphalt, if given the choice.

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Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world

3 points

1 year ago

Of course they would! Public transit funded by the taxpayer is always going to be cheaper than privately funding parking. It would be a beautiful way to align interests to get business owners siding with urbanists to finally get more transit built.

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