Cracking the Code of Parking: Insights from Henry Grabar

Parking is a hidden force that shapes our lives in the United States, determining the kinds of homes we live in, the communities we build, and how we interact with our built environments. Zoning requirements requiring off-street parking for new construction strangle new development and help fuel the affordable housing crisis. There are at least four parking spaces for every car in the United States, meaning that the parking stock is never more than 25 percent full at any given time. The solution is to more intelligently manage the parking that we have and try and find ways to control demand for parking by sharing it, pricing it, and telling people where it is.