Government regulation is always a good thing when that regulation is motivated by the desire to improve the lives of its citizens. A significant amount of government regulation since the 1980s works precisely the opposite: it’s burdens the populace in favor of special interests. This is one example. Mandated parking was never about accessibility, it was part of a nationwide effort by the auto lobby to make our towns and cities dependent on motor vehicles. It worked. Ask any European what is sneaky the most surprising thing about visiting America and they’ll say how little public transportation there is and how many American cities aren’t walkable. We have ceded so much public space to cars and we don’t even realize it.