• Iron Lynx
        0•1 year ago

        Both of these are likely, and chances are one could lead to the other in at least one direction.

        • Square Singer
          1•1 year ago

          Yeah, there are multiple issues that would need to be fixed.

          • Land value tax would offer a financial incentive not to waste space
          • Mandatory parking space laws currently force businesses to surround themselves with massive parking spots, so removing these laws would allow for more compact building
          • Zoning laws currently often prohibit mixed usage, thus making it impossible to have e.g. accommodation, shops and workplaces in walkable distances
          • The spread-out way of building stuff then causes public transport to become unviable, which in turn makes the car basically mandatory. This is a bit of a chicken-egg-problem since fixing it would require people to move into denser accommodation.