EveryPapaya57 t1_iu15rwb wrote
Urban planners need to figure out how to handle both deliveries and pickups. I actually find that the Amazon/UPS drivers to be less of an issue than delivery drivers for Ubereats or, frankly, people working for ride-hailing companies in general.
In the latter case, I notice that they abruptly stop, don’t pull near the curb, block the box, etc. I also get that it’s not their fault - the incentive structure does not reward that.
But .. yeah. Cities will have to get creative.
giscard78 t1_iu181wk wrote
> Urban planners need to figure out how to handle both deliveries and pickups. I actually find that the Amazon/UPS drivers to be less of an issue than delivery drivers for Ubereats or, frankly, people working for ride-hailing companies in general.
This is called curb side management and is a growing section of urban/transit planning. Planners are bureaucrats and don’t really hold a lot of power, they mostly implement things determined by others (r/urbanplanning is full of dejected planners who feel they aren’t making any progress in their communities).
Curb side management in DC and surrounding jurisdictions is growing but it’s slow (too slow imho). You basically need to convince a bunch of people who have always used their car that they 1) need to rethink how/when cars are used along with the limited parking available and 2) fund that shit. People don’t like to hear that current way isn’t working and going back in time won’t work, either.
professor__doom t1_iu399ma wrote
How is this remotely hard? Just enforce the law.
It's self-funding. If it's not, raise the fines until it is.
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