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These maps provide graphic evidence of how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/parking-lots-eat-american-...

America has paid a steep price for parking:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36197206

The force that shapes everything around us: Parking: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36758355

Parking Laws Are Strangling America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUNXFHpUhu8

Austin Preparing To End Parking Mandates Citywide in 2023: https://austin.towers.net/austin-preparing-to-end-parking-ma...

How much of that is free though? Especially in the urban areas, parking is very expensive and I assume the city (and people) benefit.

Cities usually spend a lot more to provide that parking than they make back.

Most cities have free street parking, at least overnight.

Parking in urban areas is often a net negative; I.e the motorist doesn’t contribute as much to the local economy as the negative externality they accrue.

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