New Arizona Development Bans Residents From Bringing Cars

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The rest is behind the paywall.

REAL ESTATE
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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[silverweb]

1. No paywall here:

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.

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

[SoCalNative]

3. Exactly

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. Roosevelt island NYC

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]

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

And how do you get your Christmas tree home? Your 2x4s? Your new Tv?