I agree -- deliberately discouraging car owners from being frugal about car use is inappropriate.

Given that not all houses have (or have space for) driveways, there's not much else some residents can do if they own a car. (I grew up in Somerville, mostly without a car, but when we got a car we had nowhere but the street to park it.)

Also, if just about everything is going to be residential parking (not necessarily desirable, but it seems to be the trend), what are all those residential spaces intended for, if not people parking in front of their own houses?