Opinion
Less Driving, More Walking — Better Downtown Economies: Cameron on Transportation
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Our love affair with the automobile depends on one thing: free parking. After driving on our “free” highways, we need to park somewhere, and we all hate to pay for the privilege. It’s as if there’s some constitutional right to free parking. But free parking is actually expensive and paid in more than just dollars. The industry standards-setting group known as the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) has defined 266 different types of businesses and determined the amount of nearby parking they require.