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[–] VioletAnarchist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Multi story car parks would make good bases for covered markets, or other community things I would suppose otherwise drive through diners would probably reclaimed the space within the restaurants. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ housing is always a good shout but it depends on population density and access to facilities :) 

The reason you have a car park is because things you want are around it, so housing just being there instead of a car park means people have access to the things they want to use :3

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I like my towns version of this, a legit throwback to the 1960s.

  • We have a nice walkable “Main Street” of shops and restaurants, and have been trying to permanently pedestrianize.
  • we have transit oriented development. Downtown is now zoned for up to six story apartment blocks, with only one parking spot per unit, and yes, this area also includes a multimodal train station
  • public parking, including two garages, are behind everything, in a back alley, where they don’t impact people as much, and very few shops and restaurants have their own parking