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parking minimums are a red herring.

zoning, absolutely. however, in a lot of places we have homeowners' associations as well.

random density doesn't help much, need to build density near existing and planned infrastructure.

> parking minimums are a red herring

Care to explain more? I hard disagree, and I think the research is on my side.

They are at best a very minor cost addition when it comes to large projects. I see more problems from insufficient parking which is why many of these exist in the first place. There is very little independent research into the topic, it's mostly from the anticar crowd.

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