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jesstaa | 5 years ago
Parking and roads are massively subsidized by government taxes/council rates and are built in to the cost of all city real estate. Everybody is paying for your 'free parking' don't pretend that we're not.
> Trains and busses are fundamentally less convenient and useful than cars
This is only true for very low density areas which means low prosperity and opportunity. In any major city it's physically impossible to transport the majority of people to their work places in cars and impossible to store those cars for the work day.
Studies have shown that people are happy to use what ever transport is available as long as it's fast, frequent and cheap. For a high density city with lots of economic opportunities the only way to do it is with trains.
> Need to make enough parking available for a building. In an apartment building I used to live in 1/3 of the building was parking. That means that each apartment was 1/3 more expensive than it needed to be. Even though I didn't have a car I still had to pay for the cost of the construction and maintenance of the 7 level car park. Everybody pays the car tax.
perryizgr8|5 years ago
I never asked for free parking. Private residential and office buildings provide proper parking. Only excessive regulations inside the city prevent private owners from making adequate parking available.
> In any major city it's physically impossible to transport the majority of people to their work places in cars and impossible to store those cars for the work day.
Yes, because the cities are poorly designed, by designers starting with the dehumanizing mindset of "moving" people efficiently. Remove the regulations and watch as people solve the parking problem.
> Studies have shown that people are happy to use what ever transport is available as long as it's fast, frequent and cheap.
LOL! People will use whatever best is available to them! Cause rents to soar so they don't have money to buy a car. Put excessive taxes on cars so they don't have money to buy a car. Design cities in a way that excludes parking, has narrow streets, so people don't feel comfortable driving and owning a car. And you get the current outcome. I'd be willing to bet that a large proportion of the people taking the bus or train would drive or be driven in a car, if their city were properly designed for human living and transportation.
> Everybody pays the car tax.
It's not a tax if you can choose. The problem with public transport is that I can't choose. You can find another apartment building without car parks. Or if you feel there is enough of a market you can make one yourself and earn big bucks by offering apartments without car parking (I have a feeling this business would fail miserably). What's the option for me who prefers driving? Will you give me a tax break equivalent to the amount that would have gone to public transportation?
lokedhs|5 years ago
Because driving is such a joy in countries with less regulation in this area? Please visit Jakarta some time, and compare it to neighbouring Singapore. One of those countries have strict traffic regulation, and the other does not.