>>2066173honestly all numtot/nu-/pol/ shit aside i understand the requirement for parking, i just wish it werent all huge continuous lots. they get incredibly hot in summer, become windswept hells in winter, and are just a pain in the ass even if you DO have a car. parking should preferably be in a U-shape with the store with only its emergency/dropoff parking bay in the front, so the store or office or whatever's actual frontage can be closer to the road. (this will not only improve walkability, but even road conditions since crosswinds are blocked a little bit)
alternatively, developers need to stop cheaping out and just do underground/multistory parking more often
>>2050289alberta is full of this shit and recently a bunch of hockey players got killed on one
>>2049644montreal will always be king. it's "car friendly" but the transit system actually works. they were able to build up instead of out but still look ok because of zoning rules that basically force buildings to be pyramid shaped so there was no reason to tear down historic facades. money trickles in constantly instead having flowed in all at once in the 70s or 80s so there's a mix of architectural styles and constant improvement or at least decent maintenance. the metro system is pretty dated since it was made for the WOLB FAIRE but because of that it actually looks good and takes you around downtown properly. then there's the whole underground city thing joining a bunch of downtown metro stations and it's basically one continuous mall, and above ground are offices and condos that connect to it directly.
>>2066417my current city has a couple of intersections like this and they are notorious for people getting into completely preventable crashes