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Started by Daniela Ruiz (@danielaruiz) ·

parking minimums are why everything is so far apart

Zoning in a lot of US cities requires a fixed number of parking spaces per building, often based on guesswork. Shoup spent a career showing what that costs. More cities are scrapping them now.

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  1. “parking minimums explained” (google.com)
  2. Parking (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Donald Shoup (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. The High Cost of Free Parking (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. “cities that abolished parking minimums” (google.com)

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