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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Mass transit has probably peaked for the foreseeable future. There is a triple whammy of crime, driver shortages, and difficulty financing capital projects.

That being said, we're at peak car as well. Walking and micro-mobility are the growth areas. [/quote]

Suddenly everyone lives within walking distance of where they want to go?[/quote]

The point being more people want to live within walking distance than the current supply allows. [/quote]

More people also want to live in bigger houses with larger yards and fewer neighbors than the current supply allows. [/quote]

Look at the prices in Old Town, then other parts of the city. Why is Old Town so much more expensive if space is what people want?

Changing the zoning makes it possible for there to be more "Old Town" type living in Alexandria. Its what people actually want, and will pay for.

You can get away without having your own car in Old Town, or you can live car-lite. Having 3+ cars per household is a thing of the past.[/quote]

Well at least we can all agree on the fact that it’s not about the “missing middle.”  Most folks could never afford Old Town.[/quote]

Because there's only one Old Town. But we could have more places like Old Town.[/quote]

You think we should have more historic districts?[/quote]

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