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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,969 posts) Tue Nov 19, 2019, 10:23 AM Nov 2019

New Arizona Development Bans Residents From Bringing Cars

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New Arizona Development Bans Residents From Bringing Cars
Developers of rental community in Tempe attempt to attract younger people with pedestrian-friendly design

By Laura Kusisto
Updated Nov. 19, 2019 7:11 am ET

A $140 million Arizona development is banning residents from bringing their own cars on site in favor of scooters, bikes and ride-sharing, testing demand for a new type of walkable neighborhood.

The 1,000-person rental community, which broke ground this month in Tempe, won’t allow residents to park cars on-site or in the surrounding area as a term of their lease. The founders say it will be the first of its kind in the U.S.
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New Arizona Development Bans Residents From Bringing Cars (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 OP

No paywall here: silverweb Nov 2019 #1

This policy will last until they have trouble filling the units. brush Nov 2019 #2

Exactly SoCalNative Nov 2019 #3

Roosevelt island NYC Runningdawg Nov 2019 #4

I am an old person in shaky health with mobility issues. They don't want me to live there. Shrike47 Nov 2019 #5

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

1. No paywall here:

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 10:33 AM

Nov 2019

Post-Car Real Estate Developer, Culdesac, Announces First Car-Free Neighborhood Built From Scratch in the U.S.

Wonderful concept. It will be very interesting to see how this development does.

brush

(57,567 posts)

2. This policy will last until they have trouble filling the units.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 10:55 AM

Nov 2019

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)

3. Exactly

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 11:12 AM

Nov 2019

great to create more pedestrian friendly, walk-able neighborhoods, but most people do not live within walking distance of their employment, and unless there is nearby access to reliable public transportation, I don't think scooters and the like will cut it. In fact I sincerely hope those annoying scooters start being banned en masse by cities large and small.

Runningdawg

(4,616 posts)

4. Roosevelt island NYC

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 11:54 AM

Nov 2019

I'm sure it's changed since I lived in the city in the early 80s but even then they didn't allow you to drive your car ON the island. You could drive one over there but then the bridge and other fees were expensive and mandatory parking as soon as you arrived on the island was very expensive.
Good on AZ for giving it a try, but it might be more difficult to enforce than on an island. Do they plan to build a parking garage right outside the development? Or are they near a public transport hub? If it was in the article, I didn't catch it.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)

5. I am an old person in shaky health with mobility issues. They don't want me to live there.