Absolutely! I don't hate cars at all. You can build the same amount of parking today you could yesterday.
A lot of people just don't own cars and it doesn't make sense to force them to have a parking spot. Just like it wouldn't make sense to force everyone to have a bike rack.
Ah sorry! When you build an apartment in Cambridge you have to build a parking spot with it. The problem is 1/3 of households in Cambridge don't own a car and so that space goes unused and it adds about $100-$250 in rents!
Thank you all that came out in support! This was the first bill I wrote and introduced after inauguration and am so excited it got over the finish line.
Edit: Context - When you build an apartment in Cambridge you have to build a parking spot with it. The problem is 1/3 of households in Cambridge don't own a car and so that space goes unused and it adds about $100-$250 in rents!
Cambridge completely eliminated parking minimums yesterday!!
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Absolutely! I don't hate cars at all. You can build the same amount of parking today you could yesterday.
A lot of people just don't own cars and it doesn't make sense to force them to have a parking spot. Just like it wouldn't make sense to force everyone to have a bike rack.