“There’s been this decades-long process of hollowing out cities essentially to favor the rich and those in the suburbs who drive everywhere,” said Wagner."
“Why should people pay high prices for housing but cars pay nothing for some of the most valuable land on Earth?"
#MoreHousing #LessParking
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/26/us-cities-parking-lots-climate-walkability

“Getting rid of parking minimums is an amazing step, it’s a piece in the puzzle of climate policy,” ⁦#GernotWagner in⁦ Oliver Milman piece.

#transportation = largest source of U.S. emissions | #LessParking , more #ClimateInfluence

On that note, take a look at the Livable Communities Initiative and what they are up to in the #LA metropolitan area (I advise them ). Any and all U.S. #cities can go big on removing parking mandates

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/26/us-cities-parking-lots-climate-walkability?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

"The homes are to be demolished to make space for additional parking."
This is ridiculous. We are in both a Climate Crisis and and a Housing Crisis. This makes no sense to me. We need #MoreHousing #LessParking https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/12/22/date-set-for-council-decision-on-henry-walser-expansion.html

"An addition to the existing funeral home is proposed, as well as a new parking lot along Becker Street."
If I am understanding this correctly, this proposal demolishes existing homes for a parking lot?
#MoreHousing #LessParking #WatReg https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/bb2db3e61bd043209c1f16d16a3ced0c/page/Current-Applications/?data_id=dataSource_12-Planning_Applications_Active_5584%3A5797%2CdataSource_10-Planning_Applications_Active_5584%3A5766&views=view-2_FeatureInfo_art%2Cview-2_FeatureInfo_art-copy