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[USA] What specific laws need be repealed/enacted to actually make our cities walkable? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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I often hear that mixed-use zoning (i.e. Euro-style walkable urban planning) is illegal in the US. Zoning laws will always prioritize auto-centric and oil-friendly infrastructure. But which laws specifically prohibit human scale development and how can we get them repealed? What laws can we enact in their place?

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[–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Tons of them. Besides mixed-use zoning bans, there’s a widespread problem of regulation on everything from road widths to sidewalks to house and lot dimensions, setback requirements, lawn sizes, fencing, 2-way street requirements. All this stuff combines to reduce density and make older style high density single-family and multi-family mixed neighbourhoods impossible.

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