▲ 111 ▼ [Video] We Might Be Able to Fix the Suburbs (youtu.be) submitted 2 years ago* by Magiccupcake@startrek.website to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Magiccupcake@startrek.website [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't disagree, but where I live zoning is a large part of the problem The zoning in my area perpetuates unwalkable, uncyclable, parking lot infested sprawl, because single family houses take up 84% of the available land. I don't want industry to move into neighborhoodseither , but I wouldn't mind commercial or retail, currently prohibited. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Z27F@thelemmy.club 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I totally understand, but thinking that more deregulation would be fixing any of that is a mistake. What you want (and need) is simply better regulations. You need experts with a plan for the city. Companies are not experts on city planning. The US already has a highly deregulated zoning system, while European countries often have national laws and regulations (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_General_de_Ordenación_Urbana ) that have to be implemented by the communities, and even above the national level you have things like the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Spatial_Development_Perspective permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magiccupcake@startrek.website [S] 0 points 2 years ago That would ne ideal, but sadly city planning in the United states is too political. We'll never get anything done relying on city planning, so the only thing that seems possible is to improve the city organically, through markets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Z27F@thelemmy.club 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I totally understand, but thinking that more deregulation would be fixing any of that is a mistake. What you want (and need) is simply better regulations. You need experts with a plan for the city. Companies are not experts on city planning. The US already has a highly deregulated zoning system, while European countries often have national laws and regulations (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_General_de_Ordenación_Urbana ) that have to be implemented by the communities, and even above the national level you have things like the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Spatial_Development_Perspective permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magiccupcake@startrek.website [S] 0 points 2 years ago That would ne ideal, but sadly city planning in the United states is too political. We'll never get anything done relying on city planning, so the only thing that seems possible is to improve the city organically, through markets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Magiccupcake@startrek.website [S] 0 points 2 years ago That would ne ideal, but sadly city planning in the United states is too political. We'll never get anything done relying on city planning, so the only thing that seems possible is to improve the city organically, through markets. permalink fedilink source parent