Molson Hart

"A little bit more than 40% of the square meters [built in the city] were devoted to parking...30% of the budget of the real estate industry is being transferred to parking"https://twitter.com/PaulABarter/status/1065765334328569856 …

I think the two most impactful urbanist reforms this century have been Mumbai and other Indian cities loosening their density controls, and Mexico City dropping its parking requirements

Where can I learn about Mumbai loosening it's density controls?

Here's the problem they're trying to fix: http://alainbertaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/AB-Mumbai-FSI-Conundrun-Revised_June-2013_kk-ab1.pdf … ...then if you google "mumbai fsi" you can read articles about what they've been doing, no one article about it stands out

So the problem is that there is really poor road and sewer infrastructure to support tall buildings and because there are so many people everywhere packed like sardines it's hard to build the infrastructure, despite high land prices?

No that was not my takeaway...I think the infrastructure excuse was bullshit

So then what do you think is the problem here? That the powers that be like restricting supply to keep their high story property values high?