Portland, Oregon faces a huge housing crisis. To avoid people becoming homeless, authorities recently allowed small apartment buildings. Look at how some folks are reacting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3LTiLbkb9c
These comments are more ANGRY about parking than about the housing crisis!!
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They have a point though, i hope this gives portland extra reason to make the city more walkable (because there is obviously no space for cars)
I mean Portland is pretty walkable, I live outside the city but still in the Metro area and whenever I head into the city I take public transit/walk everywhere. There definitely is still room for improvement but it's definitely pretty walkable depending on the part you're in, especially compared to the suburbs.
As someone who's taken the train there a couple times I'd say the core downtown area is pretty walkable, but everywhere else def needs a bike or bus setup
I think that's fair, there definitely is room for improvement but atleast bus wise when I need to go somewhere in Portland I can take the bus or Max and get there. There definitely needs to be safety improvements and better infrastructure for bikes and pedestrians but transit wise it's pretty accessible. The main problem that does need improving is increasing frequency and the hours that transit runs. However route wise it's only once you leave Portland and go out into the wider metro area that the bus network starts to become very lacking.
I live in Portland now, lived in Cincinnati before. Public transit here is nothing short of amazing compared to back in Cinn City. It is entirely reasonable to live in PDX without a car.
Don't get me wrong, i am happy for those people. They deserve to have a home. My point is there is only so much space, so if there is no space for parking then that means there are too many cars. So next up is fixing the parking crisis by making car ownership less attractive.