Oil and auto industry were literally buying tram tracks to dismantle them and make the roads only for cars. For the curious:
How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=oOttvpjJvAo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOttvpjJvAo
I'm unable to open the link due to being blocked, but do they have the data to prove sales went down?
Every study I've seen shows shops always sell more when they have more foot traffic from pedestrianization and protected bike lanes. Businesses tend to complain initially, but when the cash starts flowing in, they never want it removed afterwards
Hell, with a bike path in front of me, I'd bike myself to work. Why bother with a car if I have the infra right on my doorsteps
You need to design your streets appropriately and the speed limit will be followed. If you design stroads like a race track, people will speed on it like a race track
If your streets are narrower, has curves, chicanes and trees, it naturally forces drivers to reduce speed without needing speed bumps / radars / giant speed signs (the faster you go, bigger signage is required)
Protected bike lanes / bus lanes / tramway can also be used by ambulances, fire department and police in case of emergency. They even have better response times due to not being stuck on car traffic
So yeah, I'd rather have my tax dollars being used in that kind of infrastructure, instead of only on car centric designs
Perhaps grab the latest switch repack from fitgirl and use one of those emulators? At least it wouldn't be a sketchy site
From what I can see, it has Ryujinx, Citron, Sudachi, and Torzu
I'm yet to see a majority support from businesses when pedestrianization efforts begin(18% in this case), but they always do a 180 when they see sales growth
From a quick search, you can buy the land, but all mineral subsurface resources (including oil and gas rights) belong to the Federal Government, not the landowner
including stopping projects decoupling their parking space and selling it for extra
They already sell it for extra, those parking spaces are never free and you always pay for them
OP posted another article with more details on it: !https://lemmy.world/post/31486375
From the article:
Construction costs run from $10,000 per parking space in a surface lot to $70,000 per space in an underground garage. That gets baked into what developers must recoup from tenants and buyers, whether they own a car or not. The rules drive up the per-unit cost to build affordable housing (in New York, affordable units near transit are exempt from parking minimums, but the rules still apply elsewhere). And they often require more parking than people actually use.
Abolish Parking Mandates! Get involved locally:
https://www.climatechangemakers.org/playbook-parking-mandates/
He's taking it for a walk
Have you looked into partially converting your home to off grid solar instead? Basically you have your home running solar during the day and any excess/night time energy required you can get from the power company as usual. No credit fuckery required