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Wrong or at least far too simplistic of an argument. Take the silicon valley example. Many of those people can work from home. No need to drive or take public transportation.
The Bay Area has archaic zoning regulations, I think it's unfair to use Berkeley as a case study and then generalize. Los Angeles just rejected Measure S, and most liberal cities are exploding with high density growth.
Wrong or at least far too simplistic of an argument. Take the silicon valley example. Many of those people can work from home. No need to drive or take public transportation.
A lot of the companies in Silicon Valley discourage driving to work and have their own transportation systems. They have their own high tech buses that bus people all over silicon valley and the Bay Area for free.
Summary: Berkeley residents and city council are pushing back against zoning changes that would increase urban density by putting residential high-rises in low rise neighborhoods.
Great point. And many people in cities do take pt or don't drive. I'm an example, only use my car on weekends generally, during the week it's the train, my bike, or my two feet. Plenty of people like me.
The biggest problem is a cultural dependence at a national level for cars, and realistically not much will change in most cities if that doesn't change.
Summary: Berkeley residents and city council are pushing back against zoning changes that would increase urban density by putting residential high-rises in low rise neighborhoods.
Bay Area isn't immune to NIMBYism. Plenty of people on the opposite side (YIMBY, if you will), but in CA the laws allow pretty much one person to bring an entire project down through public input stages in development. While a good thing because it gives local people a chance to have some power, it is exploited heavily by anti-development people that don't want their neighborhoods to change.
This is a big issue in the SF Bay Area, and Berkeley isn't the example of the entire region. SF, Oakland, and San Jose have built a tremendous amount recently.
A lot of the companies in Silicon Valley discourage driving to work and have their own transportation systems. They have their own high tech buses that bus people all over silicon valley and the Bay Area for free.
True, my company has this, but I don't use it as I bike or take the train. But it's a nice perk, and takes many cars off the road.
True, my company has this, but I don't use it as I bike or take the train. But it's a nice perk, and takes many cars off the road.
So it would seem many of the things the author is saying should be done, are being done?
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