Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities
- Written by Dorina Pojani, Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
Lots of parking: the extraordinary amount of valuable land used to park cars in most cities could soon be freed up for other uses.Antonio Gravante/ShutterstockParking may seem like a “pedestrian” topic (pun intended). However, parking is of increasing importance in metropolitan areas worldwide. On average, motor vehicles are parked 95%...







