Plenty of parts of the US have a much higher population density than Europe. I live in a small, rural town. The countryside is only 200 metres away from me. Where I live is still fully walkable.

There's no reason that massive places like LA or San Diego shouldn't be better designed. Even sub-urbs, most of which have a higher population than where I live by the way, could be far better.

Nah, sub-urbs just need to be better designed. I live in a town of about 40,000 people, which is actually a smaller population than most US sub-urbs. It's perfectly walkable.

I agree with that, removing parking is just the first step, it's important the council then uses the extra money and space wisely.

>Claiming success after just the first one is potentially problematic…

But when it comes to this, the US has had problems with urban planning in most places for decades, Cambridge is the first in the state to remove parking minimums. It's understandable people are celebrating progress.

Plenty of nice places in other countries don't have parking minimums and the citizens aren't asking for more "protection from selfish developers", at least when it comes to parking.

They're unnecessary and waste space that could instead be used to combat the housing crisis, or could be a shop, or literally anything else.