The enormous cost’s of free parking

I’ll say it again. There’s NOTHING free about free parking.

HT @voxdotcom pic.twitter.com/RxlRBBjdBW

— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) November 26, 2019

Think your street needs parking? New #Toronto study shows only 4% of shoppers come by car yet they get most space: https://t.co/8gfgRsHcEd pic.twitter.com/0H215iRePT

— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) January 10, 2017

#Oslo is ALMOST banning cars from its city centre, replacing parking spaces with flower beds, & building 60km of bike-lanes. All to create an almost car-free city centre by this year. Via @wef

Glad to be back working & speaking in #Oslo this week. #UFGC19 pic.twitter.com/L6daqcEIQG

— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) May 21, 2019

— Cycling Professor (@fietsprofessor) November 27, 2019

These streets in De Pijp, Amsterdam have removed all street parking, except a few loading bays, and replaced with cycle parking, seating and greenery. You’ll see the entrance to the new parking garage under the canal near the end of the video, where the cars have been removed to pic.twitter.com/C32KfQEYc2

— Hackney Cyclist (@Hackneycyclist) July 7, 2019

For a long time I’ve wondered what I find so alluring and strangely human about Japanese urban scenes, and then someone tweeted it: Japan doesn’t have on-street parking. https://t.co/Zj47euWZQA

— Vlad Savov (@vladsavov) April 17, 2019

“Restore human legs as a means of travel.
Pedestrians rely on food for fuel,
and need no special parking facilities.”
—Lewis Mumford pic.twitter.com/HPASsrcu2g

— Taras Grescoe (@grescoe) July 30, 2019