A list of changes to make it easier to build beautiful and walkable places
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#2If I'm being honest, this list is really daunting. I had no idea that so much red tape stood between North America and pedestrian (i.e. human) friendly places.
Re: A list of changes to make it easier to build beautiful and walkable places
#3If I'm being honest, this list is really daunting. I had no idea that so much red tape stood between North America and pedestrian (i.e. human) friendly places.
Indeed, kinda unfortunate! I was told by one of the people who helped that it varies quite a bit by state, this one is more indexed to California and a few others
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#4"Here's what people said:" before the actual list was super annoying.
> Allow single‑stair buildings up to 6 stories
This seemed like a terrible suggestion, but it caused me to google it and now I see it's not that terrible.
I didn't fully understand all of these, and some are clearly specific to California. I also worry about some of these opening the floodgates for greedy developers (a lot of existing laws are due to some developer doing something ridiculous, collapsing, and leaving the municipality holding the bag).
Overall I like the direction, though.
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#5If I'm being honest, this list is really daunting. I had no idea that so much red tape stood between North America and pedestrian (i.e. human) friendly places.
Every point on that list is going to generate so many objections that it will probably never take off. Therefore instead of making a list it is probably better to start a dialogue.
Re: A list of changes to make it easier to build beautiful and walkable places
#6"Here's what people said:" before the actual list was super annoying. > Allow single‑stair buildings up to 6 stories This seemed like a terrible suggestion, but it caused me to google it and now I see it's not that terrible. I didn't fully understand all of these, and some are clearly specific to California. I also worry about some of these opening the floodgates for greedy developers (a lot of existing laws are due…
> "Here's what people said:" before the actual list was super annoying.
Updated now
Re: A list of changes to make it easier to build beautiful and walkable places
#7If I'm being honest, this list is really daunting. I had no idea that so much red tape stood between North America and pedestrian (i.e. human) friendly places.
Every point on that list is going to generate so many objections that it will probably never take off. Therefore instead of making a list it is probably better to start a dialogue.
What makes you think that? The top 9 have all happened in New York City; most of them were pushed through by our current, fairly moderate mayor. They're not pipe dreams.
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#8Wow. Would love to see cities ranked by score against this list.
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#9These are all great, I love city life and would embrace every single item, but without addressing the dramatic decline in public safety in virtually all US cities, none of these will matter at all.
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#10Some additions:
- No drug addicts
- No homeless people
- No drunks
- If you throw your trash anywhere except the bin you get punished
- If you shout into your phone you get punished
- If you intentionally break or deface anything you get punished
If your city is full of drug addicts and anti-social people not a single thing you are going to do about zoneing will make it more "walkable". This stuff is so completely delusional. People use cars to get away from the total dysfunction and danger of cities.