Here's a neighborhood in Portland that I lived in for about ten years. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vendetta/@45.5546997,-122.6667402,3a,75y,105.75h,84.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEPb3fX2HFbK_-7t4xHuVSw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x5495a7143486b35b:0x2109ff99a8f51cb4!8m2!3d45.5547252!4d-122.6665311!6m1!1e1 Roll back time and look at it in 2007. All those new units have no parking. Anything under five stories doesn't require parking (well it requires bicycle parking). It's going to power our new green public transit/bicycle infrastructure. And like you said, of course all these people have cars and most of them would never be caught dead riding the bus even though there are two convenient bus lines right outside their door. A few of them will buy $2000 dollar bikes and really cute outfits to ride them with, but the minute the rain comes they will be finding the car keys. All around that street are single family neighborhood in which you could usually find parking in around five minutes. It really fucks up the neighborhood.