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Having a forced parking minimum is the definition of forcing people to pay for something they don’t necessarily want, and if you don’t think there are people moving into Cambridge who don’t own cars and don’t want a parking spot, then you are assuming everyone is like you.

And why would increased population density lead to an increase in car necessity?

I mean, that goes both ways. I don't assume everyone is me, and neither does minimum parking requirements. I do assume that if you increase the population by X%, you will see an increased amount of people needing cars

Do you have an example of a recent project that required parking, and the building hit occupancy while the parking wasn't utilized?

Why people pay Cambridge rents/housing prices but then turn around and demand a massive apartment complexes is beyond me. Fuck off and go to Boston if that is what you want.

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Keep Cambridge walkable and beautiful. Leave the massive housing complex's to the inner cities.

I mean, that is a good idea. Not sure why you think people are against a higher barrier to entry. I mean sure, it means parking is only available to the rich, but the bigger concern is that it's even available at all

So like, why not pick one of the innumerable car dependent suburbs to live if you value it so much?

Cambridge is one of the very few places in the country where a car is unnecessary. I’d like it to remain that way tyvm

Count up the cars on the street and then look up the population density in that area and do some simple math.

A lot of people live there with no car and probably think the neighborhood is very fun.

Inman Sq is short on off street and on street parking and it is no fun parking. The T does not go to many towns at Rt. 128, and I need the car.

these people don't care about data or facts. They will just say "thats not Cambridge -- its different here" to ignore what you just shared.

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Supply and demand isn't complicated.

This person has their slice of Cambridge and wants to shut the door behind them. Its that simple.

Why people pay Cambridge rents/housing prices but then turn around and demand a suburban lifestyle is beyond me. Fuck off and go to Lexington if that is what you want.

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Keep Cambridge walkable and beautiful. Leave the parking lots to the suburbanites.

How about a provision that the city actually charge market rate for street parking instead of giving it away for basically free, in a city where people can walk everywhere.

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Snowflake syndrome to the max

Buildings with at least one parking space per unit (as required by zoning codes in most U.S. cities, and in San Francisco until circa 2010) have more than twice the car ownership rate of buildings that have no parking. If parking is provided on-site for free or at a reduced price (typically, $100 per month), then households appear to take advantage of this amenity. In contrast, households without access to on-site parking are more likely to forgo car ownership altogether.

There’s tons of research on parking minimums that show that they increase car ownership, increase traffic, massively increase costs, prevent transit oriented development, produce less pleasing buildings, reduce green space, etc. parking minimums should be abolished.

40% of cambridge households don't own a car dude. Stop acting like you're some downtrodden minority because your nonexistent right to park a massive car on city property is being infringed.

If there is no where for them to park their car, they won't really have a choice will they? Or, developers can respond to market demand and build parking.

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People can decide to live in cambridge and enjoy for what it is -- a dense, walkable city -- or fuck off to a suburb. Stop trying to turn this city into a shitty suburb.

You're assuming that everyone is just like you and cares more about their car than they do their own life. Not everyone wants to waste thousands of dollars a year on a metal box, and not everyone wants to subsidize those who do own one.

Believe it or not, people move here without cars all the time. Restricting parking will increase the number of people here who don't own cars. Supply and demand.

All of Cambridgeport, Harvard St, a good chunk of Neighborhood 9, etc.

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Its really ridiculous how these people want to be NIMBYs about neighborhood character but in the same stroke of a pen want the whole city to become a parking lot.

I 100% trust developers to follow the profits. If people want parking, it won't be profitable to build housing without parking, and they will build parking.

I trust developers to build less revenue generating property as much as I trust rats to stay out of the trash. I suppose you think developers will create affordable housing all in their own for the good of the residents too

People who need a car will rent an existing apartment with parking spots. People who don't, can rent an apartment without spots. If there's more people who need parking than people who don't, then developers will continue to build parking. And people will park in the off street spots their apartment provides.

Thank you!

You didnt even address my question; if more people bring more cars, where do you expect them to park. There's plenty of parking in Cambridge? Where? I find more nights I cant even park in front of my house, and am doing laps of nearby blocks just to find parking.

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