Broke: parking mandates
Woke: Portico mandates
In 1288, Bologna’s municipal statutes required porticoes in new construction.
Incrementally, buildling by building, the city developed a legendary network of covered public walkways beneath privately owned buildings.
An American city could adapt this idea through a Portico Code that allows homes and businesses above covered sidewalks and secure permanent public passage with clear maintenance responsibilities.
Oklahoma and Miami, interestingly, also have useful precedents
Photo: Matteo Santori, “I colori di Via Farini"