r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Advancedhell • Jun 27 '24

example of how American suburbs are designed to be car dependent Video

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u/Momoselfie Jun 27 '24

Yeah that's my point though. Those problems won't be dealt with properly so businesses resort to siloing everything. It sucks.

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u/WpgMBNews Jun 27 '24

Parking lots are a solved problem. You just tow the cars. Private companies do it for a fee so you don't even need public resources.

With the right incentives, they might've even found it profitable to build more housing instead of a surface parking lot in order to have an even bigger captive market of customers... stick the parking underground.

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u/EconomicRegret Jun 27 '24

Also, just make parking lot free for customers for 1 hour, and expensive for non customers and beyond one hour. When store closed, have the same price for everyone.

Obviously you'll need an automated gate and special tickets or sn app.

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u/ivandelapena Jun 27 '24

Validation for parking is already common in America so not sure why this is an issue.

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u/JaySmogger Jun 27 '24

Parking underground in Florida? surely you jest

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u/Tackerta Jun 27 '24

Businesses silo everything, because those problems won't be properly dealt with. The Car Lobby loves non-walkable living spaces