This post incorporates content from Streetsblog Chicago Cofounder and Advisor Steven Vance’s development data website Chicago Cityscape. This week there was reason to celebrate for both Chicago sustainable transportation fans, and folks working to make housing more plentiful in our city. Prior to Wednesday’s City Council vote, Chicago’s Connected Communities Ordinance, passed in July 2022, […]
Making space for storing large metal boxes is no longer mandatory.
This is massive boost to urban density, and therefore affordable housing. A driveway + garage is a massive square footage ($$$) sink that is not needed for most people when micromobility is sufficient to get anywhere, and density means more walkable destinations as well. Montreal island is denser than most places, and car sharing extremely popular there. Robotaxi future also means less individual cars.
This is massive boost to urban density, and therefore affordable housing. A driveway + garage is a massive square footage ($$$) sink that is not needed for most people when micromobility is sufficient to get anywhere, and density means more walkable destinations as well. Montreal island is denser than most places, and car sharing extremely popular there. Robotaxi future also means less individual cars.