Sixth, we need to establish performance-based standards funding to assure that transit subsidies are wisely invested. In this way, we can get a meaningful measure of how well transit is doing. After all, transit users are pedestrians. Published by Urban Ecology, POB 10144, Berkeley, CA 94709. Studies have shown that transit usage would as much as triple by eliminating laws that force the providing of parking.
Low density zoning Most low density zoning is established solely for traffic mitigation purposes.
This means that a 6 story building is required to sit on land that is 18 times greater than that required for the building it self. The excess land can be legally used for parking lots and landscaping. It eliminates efficient compact development. Considering the price of land, the excess land is also very expensive for the landowner to waste. This law was probably made to minimize on-street parking.