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A Rogue Coder Turned a Parking Spot Into a Coworking Space

posted by Fnord666 on Monday May 06 2019, @11:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the where-else? dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow0152

It looked like yet another weird symptom of San Francisco tech culture: a cluster of people sitting on the side of a road, working at desks placed within the boundaries of a parking space.

But WePark—a project led by San Francisco-based web developer Victor Pontis—was actually a manifestation of an idea that has become more popular in the last few years: Cities use space inefficiently and prioritize cars over people. The people at the desks were attempting to reclaim a sliver of space for human use. "Car parking squanders space that can be used for the public good—bike lanes, larger sidewalks, retail, cafes, more housing," Pontis said. "Let's use city streets for people, not cars." (There are also WePark franchises in France as well as Santa Monica.)

Pontis said he got the idea from a Twitter exchange in which Github's Devon Zuegel pointed out that eight bicycles could fit in one park spot instead of a car. Urbanist Annie Fryman, responded, suggesting that the metered parking spot be used as a coworking space instead.

Source: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pajgyz/rogue-coder-turned-a-parking-spot-into-a-coworking-space

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday May 06 2019, @09:56PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday May 06 2019, @09:56PM (#839860) Journal

    I guess I'm too old or too young or something to get that one.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday May 06 2019, @10:09PM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday May 06 2019, @10:09PM (#839871)

    Michael David Crawford, homeless programmer and Soylenti. RIP.

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    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday May 07 2019, @02:22AM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 07 2019, @02:22AM (#839963) Journal

      I remember that now, but would not have associated it with the initials.

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