We can’t just add public transit because of the required lot sizes of single family homes, public transit added in suburbs would go unused, simply because of the lack of population density.
This caused problems later as single family housing was too spread out, setting the stage for the car dependency that is pervasive today.Ĭar dependency is the concept that certain city designs favor automobile transportation rather than other modes of transportation like public transit. Namely, the focus on single family housing, particularly in zoning regulations, also was used as an excuse to separate neighborhoods.Īccording to vol– Issue 1 in the Journal of the American Planning Association when referring to single family home R-1 zoning, “It lets a small number of people amass disproportionate property wealth, excludes many others from high-opportunity neighborhoods, and forces others to pay more for housing than they should.”Īccording to a survey, single family zoning makes up more than two thirds of California, a ridiculous number because it has the highest population density in the United States. While this was originally intended to ensure industrial areas were not in close proximity to homes, it has some other problematic effects. Usually separated into single family housing zones working their way up to dense urban areas. Further out from Ventura we see issues with urban sprawl where suburbs keep building out away from the city, present all over America, it makes it clear we need to move towards changing zoning restrictions in each city to include mixed zoning for more sustainable cities.Īmerican cities’ zoning policies often separate downtown areas, residential areas, industrial areas, and commercial areas into different land zones, with certain restrictions.
During Covid-19 the downtown area of Ventura was made more walkable with the closure of Main Street as a part of the Main Street Moves program and was extended to 2024, moving the downtown area towards more sustainable city design.
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