Henry Grabar

The other option, which I think is, is coming into fashion now is to try and find ways to manage demand for parking. So that could take the form of parking meters, trying to, you know, discourage people from, from maybe parking all day on main street or encouraging them to, to carpool instead of the whole family, everyone driving down in their own car.

The other option, which I think is, is coming into fashion now is to try and find ways to manage demand for parking. So that could take the form of parking meters, trying to, you know, discourage people from, from maybe parking all day on main street or encouraging them to, to carpool instead of the whole family, everyone driving down in their own car.

The other option, which I think is, is coming into fashion now is to try and find ways to manage demand for parking. So that could take the form of parking meters, trying to, you know, discourage people from, from maybe parking all day on main street or encouraging them to, to carpool instead of the whole family, everyone driving down in their own car.

And the other element, I think, is to help people try not to drive so much if they want to, right? Like, obviously, many people depend on their cars and need their cars to go about their business in America. It's a vast and sprawling country. I recognize that.

And the other element, I think, is to help people try not to drive so much if they want to, right? Like, obviously, many people depend on their cars and need their cars to go about their business in America. It's a vast and sprawling country. I recognize that.

And the other element, I think, is to help people try not to drive so much if they want to, right? Like, obviously, many people depend on their cars and need their cars to go about their business in America. It's a vast and sprawling country. I recognize that.

Lots of people actually live within a pretty close distance of the errands they do every day, whether it's taking the kids to school or going to work or going to the coffee shop or going to the grocery store. The average trip in this country is under three miles. So that's a distance that could be done on a foot or electric bicycle or on a golf cart or something like that. or on a bus.

Lots of people actually live within a pretty close distance of the errands they do every day, whether it's taking the kids to school or going to work or going to the coffee shop or going to the grocery store. The average trip in this country is under three miles. So that's a distance that could be done on a foot or electric bicycle or on a golf cart or something like that. or on a bus.

Lots of people actually live within a pretty close distance of the errands they do every day, whether it's taking the kids to school or going to work or going to the coffee shop or going to the grocery store. The average trip in this country is under three miles. So that's a distance that could be done on a foot or electric bicycle or on a golf cart or something like that. or on a bus.

And unfortunately, those modes of travel have become really challenging. And one of the reasons I think that it's so hard to not drive everywhere is in fact, precisely because of parking. I mean, you see this trade-off in major cities where cities will not build protected bike lanes for people to get safely from destination to destination on a bicycle because they are afraid of taking away

And unfortunately, those modes of travel have become really challenging. And one of the reasons I think that it's so hard to not drive everywhere is in fact, precisely because of parking. I mean, you see this trade-off in major cities where cities will not build protected bike lanes for people to get safely from destination to destination on a bicycle because they are afraid of taking away

And unfortunately, those modes of travel have become really challenging. And one of the reasons I think that it's so hard to not drive everywhere is in fact, precisely because of parking. I mean, you see this trade-off in major cities where cities will not build protected bike lanes for people to get safely from destination to destination on a bicycle because they are afraid of taking away

a lane of parking that's used for parked cars.

a lane of parking that's used for parked cars.

a lane of parking that's used for parked cars.

But if you take away parking for buses or whatever, bike lanes, you add to the traffic because now people are having to keep driving to find a place somewhere else to park their car, which clogs the roads, which upsets drivers, which upsets bicyclists. So you're really creating more trouble.

But if you take away parking for buses or whatever, bike lanes, you add to the traffic because now people are having to keep driving to find a place somewhere else to park their car, which clogs the roads, which upsets drivers, which upsets bicyclists. So you're really creating more trouble.

But if you take away parking for buses or whatever, bike lanes, you add to the traffic because now people are having to keep driving to find a place somewhere else to park their car, which clogs the roads, which upsets drivers, which upsets bicyclists. So you're really creating more trouble.

That was the thinking for most of the 20th century in most US cities. And I get it. It's really intuitive. This idea that if you take away parking and most traffic is people looking for parking, then you are going to create more traffic, make people mad. They're going to leave and go to the suburbs.

That was the thinking for most of the 20th century in most US cities. And I get it. It's really intuitive. This idea that if you take away parking and most traffic is people looking for parking, then you are going to create more traffic, make people mad. They're going to leave and go to the suburbs.