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Which U.S. Cities Are Lowering Parking Minimums?

Worst of all, parking minimums deprive our cities of wealth by filling them with spaces that doesn’t contribute much in taxes and could be more productive as businesses or homes.

Parking minimums are a problem across the continent for many reasons. They require developers to construct specified amounts of car storage every time they build a home or a business. Parking minimums require small business owners to worry about locating and paying for parking spots on top of the myriad other concerns and expenses they have.

The proliferation of parking minimums over the last several decades has resulted in the demolition of beautiful historic buildings and the ruin of productive commercial districts–giving us communities filled with empty asphalt instead of homes and businesses.

by Rachel Quednau

Full Story: http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/11/22/our-parking-minimums-map-updated?utm_content=buffer9c5be&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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