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Cities: Skylines | Power, Politics, & Planning: Episode 1: Parking

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What it is

The first episode of a Cities: Skylines series on urban politics and planning, focused on parking. It uses the game to show how parking minimums shape cities, drawing on Donald Shoup's book The High Cost of Free Parking.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a clear illustration of how parking requirements produce car-centered, unwalkable American urban design.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “this video (shared recently in another HN discussion) is a _fantastic_ illustration of the problems of parking minimums”

    Illustrates problems of parking minimums using Cities: Skylines

    CalRobert, 2019-08 · Strong recommendation · in “The Mobility Trap: Why We'll Never Fix Congestion by Speeding Up Traffic”

  2. “some readers may be interested in this video which discusses the impact of accommodating cars in cities”

    Impact of accommodating cars in cities

    itronitron, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “How Sydney destroyed its trams for love of the car”

  3. “I recommend these cities skylines videos from youtube user donoteat01”

    Sarcastic Skylines tutorials on building bad North American cities

    q_andrew, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “SimCities and SimCrises (2017)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: parking minimums, cities skylines, urban design, walkability, donald shoup

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