Subdude Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 The Mythology of Parking By Jeffrey Tumlin and Adam Millard-Ball Parking is the poor relation of architecture and design. Unglamorous and often downright ugly, it tends to be treated as a necessary evil. If the parking system works well, nobody notices. If it doesn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Excellent article.I'm especially in agreement with #3 (free parking). As someone who does not own a car, I'm acutely aware that I'm indirectly paying for other people's parking spaces. Land acquisition, paving, taxes and maintenance of parking facilities are all factored into the prices set by landlords, stores and restaurants.As a form of repayment, pedestrians are treated utterly like crap (ever try to get served at a drive-thru if you're not in a car? They're very humorless about it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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