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dc.contributor.authorBunten, Devin Michelle
dc.contributor.authorRolheiser, Lyndsey
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-07T17:23:40Z
dc.date.available2021-07-07T17:23:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.date.submitted2020-10
dc.identifier.issn0197-3975
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131065
dc.description.abstractCar-based transportation networks (as in Phoenix) necessitate parking at origin and destination in order to establish a link—but the space devoted to parking lowers its ability to provide housing and consumer amenities. Walking and transit networks (as in Manhattan) have no such tradeoff, and a city reliant on them will be able to make fuller use of its land for productive purposes like amenities and housing. However, they hinder mobility in other ways: walking does not get you far, and using transit requires adhering to the routes and stops the city's transit agency provides. In this paper, we develop and calibrate a spatial consumer city model to study what would happen if Phoenix banned cars, delineating the roles of parking conversion, of the light rail network, and of a last mile option. Together with a last mile option, Phoenix's current light rail line would be able to sustain a meaningful (if smaller) population—but only if Phoenix converts its current parking to other uses. We then ask the reverse: what would happen if Manhattan required parking? The model indicates the island would essentially empty, as the declining capacity of each block lowers the vibrancy of the city, inducing still more residents to leave. Altogether, these model outcomes tell a story of agglomeration through complementarities. The transportation network and incumbent land use must ensure a high degree of access to jobs and amenities in order for enough people to choose to live in the city and thereby support those amenities.en_US
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102289en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Licenseen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceProf. Buntenen_US
dc.titlePeople or Parking?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationBunten, Devin Michelle and Lyndsey Rolheiser. "People or Parking?" Habitat International 106 (December 2020): 102289. © 2020 Elsevieren_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
dc.contributor.approverBunten, Devin Michelleen_US
dc.relation.journalHabitat Internationalen_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.date.submission2021-07-06T18:07:10Z
mit.journal.volume106en_US
mit.licensePUBLISHER_CC
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