It’s time to end the requirement for new housing projects to adhere to zoning regulations that were designed when the automobile was the dominant form of mobility in our cities.
A commentary by researchers with the Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria, a non-profit, non-partisan and charitable social planning society established in 1936.
At this stage, the removal of parking minimums in cities isn’t even a bold or radical move for local elected officials. New York City, Portland, Buffalo and Edmonton, to name just a few, have already done away with them. Land in Victoria isn’t cheap, with the average price of a new home sitting at $860,000 last year. That 10 to 15 per cent is a financial burden that we can’t afford to add to most developments in a housing and affordability crisis.
The number of individuals in the city who commute by foot, bike and public transit nearly rivals car commuters despite the gap in infrastructure.
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