<story><title>To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking lots</title><url>https://www.sightline.org/2022/01/11/to-stop-building-heat-islands-stop-overbuilding-parking-lots/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bryanmgreen</author><text>Ooooh, related one of my favorite topics.&lt;p&gt;Part of the reason modern lots are so big and why parking covers so much area is simply because cars are too big! There is zero reason a person needs to own a 7 seat SUV to transport 3 people or five 2x4s twice a year. The proliferation of oversized vehicles continues to exacerbate a significant number of local and global issues and I&amp;#x27;m of the belief that we need strong regulation to limit the size of vehicles.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>buscoquadnary</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ll just throw out there that I have 3 small children, and we had to upsize our vehicle to accompany them, so now I drive me small sub-compact, but to haul our kids we had to upgrade to a minivan. In a lot of discussions I see around transport it often feels as though people like to pretend that those with small children don&amp;#x27;t exist.&lt;p&gt;Like no matter how great public transit is trying to transport 3 rambunctious under 6&amp;#x27;s isn&amp;#x27;t going to work for our family or anyone else on the public transit for any meaningful trip.</text></comment>
<story><title>To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking lots</title><url>https://www.sightline.org/2022/01/11/to-stop-building-heat-islands-stop-overbuilding-parking-lots/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bryanmgreen</author><text>Ooooh, related one of my favorite topics.&lt;p&gt;Part of the reason modern lots are so big and why parking covers so much area is simply because cars are too big! There is zero reason a person needs to own a 7 seat SUV to transport 3 people or five 2x4s twice a year. The proliferation of oversized vehicles continues to exacerbate a significant number of local and global issues and I&amp;#x27;m of the belief that we need strong regulation to limit the size of vehicles.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>decafninja</author><text>I grew up in the 80s and 90s. My recollection is that the family vehicle of choice for my parents and those of most of my friends was what you&amp;#x27;d call the &amp;quot;generic midsized family sedan&amp;quot; - Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, etc.&lt;p&gt;All of us managed just fine. Even taking extended multiday family roadtrips.&lt;p&gt;Plus, the  Accord of the late 80s and early 90s was closer in size to a 2022 Civic than 2022 Accord.&lt;p&gt;Nowadays people insist that they need at minimum a Honda Pilot, Toyota Highlander, or the current fave - Kia Telluride, to transport a single kid.</text></comment>