131 sats \ 4 replies \ @nullcount 21 Aug 2023 \ on: What are the unnecessary laws we're all forced to participate in? meta
US parking space requirements. As a brick-and-mortar business, you cannot open shop unless you meet the minimum parking requirements in your city or state. These requirements were set in the 50's when the auto was starting to take over the streets. The minimum number of spaces are totally made up and not based on any statistical trends, they tend to overshoot the parking that is actually required. This leaves us with 4 parking spaces for every vehicle in the US and it means that businesses in old towns have to buy up and demolish historic buildings to make enough parking to open shop. Parking lots are also expensive! And companies pass along that cost to the customer in their prices. Even if the customer does not own a car, they are paying for the parking spaces of other shopper's cars.
Here's the video that taught me about this:
yeah this one is wild. i believe there is also a fire truck requirement that makes it impossible to build narrow municipal streets… further contributing to making american towns un-walkable.
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In a similar vein, disabled access to all buildings. If you are on crutches you do not belong in my building, its an industrial environment and people have been maimed or died in many stupid ways just walking around places like this, you are a liability. Forcing us to have wheelchair access doesn't make sense if we aren't going to allow (and we shouldn't) wheelchairs in the building.
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Yes, these are similar because not driving a car is a disability
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Well, its similar in the vein of the burden companies are under to accommodate people.
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