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Despite my absolute lack of understanding about municipal finances, I did the Strong Towns Finance Decoder Worksheet for DeKalb County, GA.
Here are the results and a link to my Google sheet.
But the other purpose was to crack down on communal and rental living arrangements that many of the early zoning proponents found morally objectionable.
An interesting review of zoning history. I’m in favor of more multi-family housing, especially the kind of communal arrangements mentioned like “lodgers.” But I’d honestly have a hard time personally moving our family from our detached home into a multi-family building.
If you have environments where transportation is difficult and costly altogether, it’s also going to be difficult and costly to run a school bus program. It just brings those issues into focus because one government entity is shouldering the cost and it’s a single budget.
This episode of Upzoned hit home for me. I can’t escape the thought that a community’s traffic/walkability is closely tied to the ability of children to walk to school versus carpooling.
I think it’s easy for a driver in traffic to see an empty bike lane and think “if only I could use that lane I wouldn’t be stuck,” but the only reason that lane is clear is because it’s denied to cars. If it were another car lane, it would be just another lane stuck in traffic.
Why does walking feel so intuitive when we’re in a city built before cars, yet as soon as we return home, walking feels like an unpleasant chore that immediately drives us into a car?
[T]here’s a bigger factor here: We don’t design the pedestrian experience for dignity.
This article does a good job articulating why, even when “accommodated,” walking can feel like such a hassle.