Re “Beverly Hills will restrict parking for new affordable housing,” Oct. 20 issue

Given the urgent and immediate need for very low, low or moderate-income households, or emergency shelters, a specific portion of units that must be designated for lower or moderate-income residents, and considering that private automobiles are now just about far more trouble than they are worth in light of the convenance of public transit, private automobiles may soon become obsolete.

So not encouraging private automobile ownership or providing parking for those within a half mile from a major transit station now starts to make sense. As public transit gets increasingly better at meeting transportation needs over private automobiles, we may likely see some more upper income people giving up private automobiles in favor of public transit.

Cy Husain

Downtown Los Angeles