First of all, I personally think kei cars and kei trucks are very cool.
That said, from a urbanism/“Fuck Cars” perspective, they don’t actually constitute an improvement unless we actually provide special half-size parking spaces for them, like Japan does. Otherwise, they still require one full-size parking space each and thus are just as space-inefficient as regular cars.
First of all, I personally think kei cars and kei trucks are very cool.
That said, from a urbanism/“Fuck Cars” perspective, they don’t actually constitute an improvement unless we actually provide special half-size parking spaces for them, like Japan does. Otherwise, they still require one full-size parking space each and thus are just as space-inefficient as regular cars.
They absolutely are an improvement in many ways. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
The best part of driving a smart car is pulling all the way in to the parking spot so it looks like an empty spot.