Free Parking Is Killing Cities
&gt; Some other parking reform efforts are trying to take cars more fully out of the equation. In car-heavy Phoenix, real estate developers are building a 17-acre neighborhood called Culdesac Tempe that won’t have any parking, period. (Residents and visitors will have to bike or take public transit.)<p>Isn&#x27;t this focused on the young, single, and healthy? I can&#x27;t imagine having multiple children and living with no car. You cannot bike your 3 kids to schools and hospitals during rainy autumn days. The bigger part of the proposal actually read like it has a big blind zone about the needs of families - having a family or children weren&#x27;t even mentioned.<p>EDIT to address some repeating replies:<p>- Some form of &quot;school&quot; starts at around 2-3 y&#x2F;o. 2-3 year olds cannot take a bus.<p>- There is winter, heavy rains, and wind. In most places you cannot rely on a bike all the time.<p>- In most cities people work far from home, and the early schools the kids go to are also far away. A young family with two 2-5 y&#x2F;o children will not be able to rely on a bus and a bike, unless they live in some expensive area where everything is nearby and are lucky to have jobs at the same place.