Density in Oak Bay; reading about the Great Escape - Victoria Times Colonist
Readers’ letter, Victoria Times Colonist, April 2, 2024
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Readers’ letter, Victoria Times Colonist, April 2, 2024
A new book makes the case that U.S. cities have had their environments, their housing and their businesses warped by parking policies. BookShelf contributor Jennifer Weeks, who shares her own parking-related frustrations, explores the arguments made in “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World,” and also takes a look at what the author sees as “parking-light” solutions.
If you’ve ever waited 15 minutes for a parking spot at Whole Foods or circled a downtown block hoping for someone to leave, there’s a good chance you’ve…
The photo to the right is of the Staples parking lot behind the York Road store in Baltimore, a classic example of a place that needs to be turned back to urban forest -- or developed into a much-needed something else. I can't think of a time when, during fairly frequent trips to this store,…
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