Multi story car parks would make good bases for covered markets, or other community things I would suppose otherwise drive through diners would probably reclaimed the space within the restaurants. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ housing is always a good shout but it depends on population density and access to facilities :)
The reason you have a car park is because things you want are around it, so housing just being there instead of a car park means people have access to the things they want to use :3
I like my towns version of this, a legit throwback to the 1960s.
We have a nice walkable “Main Street” of shops and restaurants, and have been trying to permanently pedestrianize.
we have transit oriented development. Downtown is now zoned for up to six story apartment blocks, with only one parking spot per unit, and yes, this area also includes a multimodal train station
public parking, including two garages, are behind everything, in a back alley, where they don’t impact people as much, and very few shops and restaurants have their own parking
Multi story car parks would make good bases for covered markets, or other community things I would suppose otherwise drive through diners would probably reclaimed the space within the restaurants. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ housing is always a good shout but it depends on population density and access to facilities :)
The reason you have a car park is because things you want are around it, so housing just being there instead of a car park means people have access to the things they want to use :3
I like my towns version of this, a legit throwback to the 1960s.