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rafikiwock t1_itrhkuq wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Cambridge completely eliminated parking minimums yesterday!! by RealBurhanAzeem

Lol. It’s not taking away the ability to have a parking space. It’s now just not forcing one upon you.

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[deleted] t1_itt2kgt wrote

If 1/3 of people drive, now they're all going to park on the street everytime a new building goes up. So, less parking for those of us who really need it. (That's assuming that these high-end developments have the same type of resident as the rest of the city and that they aren't more likely to drive.) Instead of removing all parking minimums, they should have had adaptive parking minimums with 1/3 of residents given 1 space, adjusted for expected needs. Now instead of having an unnecessarily large parking minimum there is an unnecessarily small one (none).

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zeratul98 t1_itvpf7o wrote

You can just have parking spaces only available to people with the appropriate disability placard. Somerville is converting some of their street parking to these with the restriping projects. You don't need to give everyone parking spaces to ensure that those who actually need them get them.

It's so infuriating to me that the only time I see people on Boston/Cambridge/Somerville subs give a shit about people with disabilities is when it's an excuse to oppose reducing driving and parking.

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[deleted] t1_itvrhsm wrote

Not everyone who is disabled qualifies for a handicapped placard. It's generally reserved for people with more severe disabilities. I've said this over and over again, but it doesn't seem to diffuse into the conversation because people legitimately do not care.

Also, we could easily even run out of those spaces if we put up a bunch of 30-story housing towers with no parking.

>It's so infuriating to me that the only time I see people onBoston/Cambridge/Somerville subs give a shit about people withdisabilities is when it's an excuse to oppose reducing driving andparking.

🙃 I am disabled and I actually got upset over this.

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