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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly don't understand how having fewer parking spaces per unit is supposed to work until DASH service is improved.  My kids take it to school and home from sports and to their weekend jobs, and the waits can be really long at times.  I can't see it being a viable option for many adults.[/quote]

Parking induces driving. If you make it easy to park a second/third/etc... vehicle, then people will buy those vehicles. Then trips that could have been carpool/bus/walking/bike get turned into car trips because the spare car is available. [/quote]

Lack of parking per unit does not reduce vehicle reliance where street parking is readily available, as is the case for most of ALX outside of Old Town.

Efficient, reliable mass transit, as PP pointed out, can reduce the reliance on vehicles.  [/quote]

You know what helps make mass transit efficient and reliable? When there are more people living in a given area. For example, if duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes are allowed in an area where previously only uniplexes were allowed.[/quote]

Really? So the presence of those housing types solves hiring issues for transit providers and reduces delays in schedules times? [/quote]

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