City Planners: think of a Parking-less future and prepare to have lots of free space to reallocate
Written by Frank Kroon on Jan 20, 2020
The Washington Post on the impact of autonomous vehicles on city planning
Autonomous vehicles will change the outlines of metropolitan areas. In the Netherlands the equivalient of 40,000 soccer pitches will become available as the parking space of the future will be less than 10% of what it is today. More trees providing shade and shelter for people waiting for their pickup. “It’s an evolution from an auto-oriented society to a more pedestrian-oriented society.” – planning manager David De La Torre of Chandler, the city hosting Waymo’s autonomous pilot.