Erin WhalenAug 25, 2023

A newly released collection of maps show how much land in US cities is used as parking lots.

According to The Parking Reform Network, Wichita KS is 35% parking lot while Las Vegas, NV is 32% and San Bernadino, CA is a brain-melting 49% parking lot.

Imagine the possibilities if people decided to take back most of that land from empty parked cars and use it for housing and green space instead? 🌳 🚶‍♀️ 🚴 👨‍👩‍👦 🌲

https://thehill.com/changing-america/resilience/smart-cities/4162455-paved-paradise-maps-show-how-much-of-us-cities-are-parking-lots/

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Paved paradise: Maps show how much of US cities are parking lots

Nearly one-third of downtown Salt Lake City is dedicated solely to car parking, according to data released by a nonprofit last week. And Salt Lake is far from alone. In Wichita, it’s 35%. In Las Vegas, it’s 32%. In San Bernardino, it’s even worse: 49% of the central city is composed of parking.

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Show threadguy,in,a,hat
@erinwhalen WOW 🤯! That's both semi expected if you think about it and also incredibly hard to fathom. A city can be 50% parking??? And then imagine all the road too. Like a city footprint could be 60% or 90% just roads!
Sep 5, 2023 at 7:54pmTusky
Show threadErin WhalenSep 5, 2023
@werefreeatlast - Right?? Meanwhile, the actual space humans take up is miniscule...
Show threadguy,in,a,hatSep 5, 2023
@erinwhalen the pandemic should have taught us something.... there's no need to go to the office if you don't actually need to be there. But also, all the extra infrastructure already built so you could be at a desk at work instead of at the beach, it's a lot.