vaxick Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 6 hours ago, Jason said: A number of years back my city installed bike lanes all over the downtown area. I actually believe it was a firm in San Francisco who mapped them out when the city was exploring such an idea. The conservatives who don't even live downtown to begin with bitch endlessly about them because they cannot handle having to drive in a narrower lane claiming they never see anybody using them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Reading this was infuriating and just made me feel hopeless. How Parking Drives Up Housing Prices - The Atlantic WWW.THEATLANTIC.COM Parking requirements attack the nature of the city itself, subordinating density to the needs of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 Car culture and gun culture are two of the worst things to ever happen to America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Given how widespread and available parking is, it's an absolute no brainer that parking minimums, in fact a parking maximum, should be required in new developments in places with reasonable bus service like downtowns. I'll keep shouting this at my council member but God damn she's so fucking stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 The amount of land that's wasted on parking lots is stupid. Look at the parcel that a Costco sits on and it's like 80% parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 whoopsie doodle here's some housing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 9 hours ago, Fizzzzle said: The amount of land that's wasted on parking lots is stupid. Look at the parcel that a Costco sits on and it's like 80% parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Jason said: "...5 megatons should do it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Also whining Trader Joe's having small parking lots is apparently a meme but the entire point is that they couldn't keep their prices as low as they do if they were dumping money into gigantic parking lots. In Los Angeles even a surface parking spot is at least $30k a spot to construct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 The Costcos in Korea all have below ground parking garages. No need for spaces on the surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 if you don't like tall buildings might I suggest anywhere other than Manhattan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 On 5/18/2021 at 10:03 PM, thewhyteboar said: The Costcos in Korea all have below ground parking garages. No need for spaces on the surface. When I lived in Northern Brazil, all of the major malls / stores (including grocery stores) had the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 pathetic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 https://twitter.com/JonKohanShow/status/1397411206823088129/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Absolutely stupid. These fucking people. I wish my city had 1/10th the investment in transit that LA is getting now. We're at least upzoning (some) areas near our BRT, though not to the extent that we should. (Upzoning industrial to TOD, which limits to 12 stories instead of central business district which limits to 20 stories) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 every pedestrian crossing should look like this. Not only is it safer but it just looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 My god this thing is going to be a death trap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 16 hours ago, Jason said: They recently removed the homeless camps here in Reno also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 20 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 oh my god just build more fucking houses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: oh my god just build more fucking houses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Trees good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Ah yes, trees are another blessed gift that the American development pattern loves to obliterate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 37 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: Ah yes, trees are another blessed gift that the American development pattern loves to obliterate. Because we design our streets to freeway standards. You remove trees so motorists don't wrap themselves around a tree if they mess up...which is appropriate for a freeway but not a city street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Iculus Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 'School of Rock' Drummer Kevin Clark Killed by Driver While Biking WWW.ROLLINGSTONE.COM Kevin Clark, who as a child actor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fizzzzle Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 22 hours ago, Uaarkson said: I play a lot of cities skylines, and through that have kind of started to nerd out on city planning. The prevailing thought now is that freeway hurts development more than it helps. Ideally you want dispersal of traffic, not concentrated, outside of very specific connections (like an arterial road that disperses traffic from the airport to the rest of the city). It's honestly really fun to get into. If I went back to school again, it would probably be for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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