Agreed; it's only one step forward.

As a policy, it'll probably seem relatively non-eventful in retrospect for all parties. Spaces/unit won't go to zero suddenly, even for new development. The existing housing stock won't change character. It'll be difficult to see the impact on overall rent inflation. Nobody will complain when 80% vacant parking lots under 100% deed-restricted buildings aren't built. Nor will people building ADUs or other infill projects complain about that one piece of red tape that they didn't have to comply with; plenty remain.

I do think it's a big deal politically. This and the bike safety ordinance reflect a Council acting assertively on a strong mandate from their electorate to rebuke post-war housing, transportation, and land use policies.

Relevance

Yep!

> It’s a Reddit comment, not a dissertation.

That's the thing: it doesn't require effort for those of us who aren't morons.

> Not my fault you lack critical thinking skills and have to rely on memorization.

I don't rely on memorisation, and I clearly have better critical thinking skills than you.
I also keep my word, unlike you. Still waiting on those maths.

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> Why do idiots always end their sentences with a preposition?

They don't, that's actual English.

Edit: Well, the idiot realised he was wrong and bowed out.

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You're the one unable to stay on topic: you said commute from outside the city.

And it's faculties, not facilities. When you insult people's intelligence, try to have a basic grasp of your language.
You should be embarassed of making those mistakes and getting corrected by an ESL. I know you aren't, but you should be.

Why do idiots always confuse homonyms? It's so easy not to.

Anyway, that's just displacing the issue.

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You said "name a city". If you're going to only accept one city, then use that one, no need to ask for a name.

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Ok, Brussels. Go.

You're going to need price references, so I'll give you a source:
Average house price in Brussels: 500k-800k €.
Average house price in Hastières: 100k €.

Now you do some maths to show me that a car makes up for the 400k to 700k € difference.

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Total number of spots? You don't have to use something directly to benefit from it.
Analogy time: there are 8 checkout lines at the supermarket. Two of those require the super special supermarket card to use, and you don't have it.
Someone decies to remove those lines. Don't you think you'll spend more time, despite the fact that you weren't using them, because the people that were using them are now in the other 6?

(also, they don't have to be inside)

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I’m a pessimist so my only point is that I don’t think this particular policy will create enough additional housing for prices to meaningfully drop, but it’s certainly a nice step in the right direction. Right now the supply doesn’t even come close to meeting demand so it seems like there’s always someone willing to pay some stupid amount for a closet in Harvard Sq

[x] Doubt. But anyway, mark my words: housing prices will go up in the area in the next few years, not down.
Come back to this comment in 5 years.

The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup is a great book that also explains why parking minimums are actually bad, if you’re interested

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For now yeah. But down the line when we can get more housing friendly policies passed (like the relaxing of zoning), the prices of the apartments aren’t going to pegged to a higher value just so the developers can meet costs. Like you said, a step in the right direction

Won't renters decide what they're willing to pay for a given listing? I imagine the market will tend to pay less for listings without parking, just as it does for ones without dishwashers, in-unit laundry, or nice views.

Sounds delicious to me