Posts tagged Car Sharing
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Technological change, part 2: Autonomous vehicles
In part 1, I speculated about the effect of automated systems to build complete tunnels that could drastically cut the cost of building heavy rail subways and trains. I also suggested DARPA fund research into this. Keep reading…
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Zipcar asking members to support parking reform
Several readers forwarded me an action alert Zipcar just sent to DC members asking them to support the parking regulations. Yes, the changes will help them, but their success creates positive externalities for others. They advocate for all aspects of parking reform, with the car sharing component only the last bullet point of their email. Parking requirements force Zipcar users… Keep reading…
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Arbitrary parking ratios at work at UMD
Minimum parking requirements in zoning codes nationwide are almost entirely arbitrary, plucked out of thin air by 1960s planners who were guessing at how much parking they’d want for each kind of development. The result is a crazy patchwork of requirements with little basis in fact. The proposed “Starview” project in College Park shows the folly of slavish adherence… Keep reading…
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Parking countdown #8: Car sharing reduces parking demand
This is the third in a daily series about why the Zoning Commission should approve the Office of Planning recommendations on off-street parking. Keep reading…
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“All I want for New Year’s is free parking”
When asked what they wished for in the New Year, many neighborhood leaders replied world peace, better public schools, and free parking. Free parking? Yes, Cleveland Park ANC Commissioner Richard Rothblum listed those very items (fortunately, in that order). In the latest Dupont Current (which unfortunately has no online archives except June 2007), a variety of neighborhood… Keep reading…
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Go go gadget transportation!
I just got off the NJ Transit bus #126 coming home from Drinking Liberally. Coming back after a late night at Rudy’s was never so painless. I knew a bus left at 12:55 (after midnight they’re every 30 minutes), so I walked out at 12:45, made it to the bus a few minutes before departure, and was already home by 1:15. Compare this to walking all the way to 7th… Keep reading…