Maybe it really is more about shifting priorities away from cars and towards more green uses like bike lanes and buses. That specific example doesn't touch on

Maybe it really is more about shifting priorities away from cars and towards more green uses like bike lanes and buses. That specific example doesn't touch on parking minimums, and maybe deregulating those are less of a political hot button, but the fact that they remain pretty much ubiquitous in the US suggests that there is still some opposition. But there also seems to be a lack of faith that the private sector will step in a replace the public sector spots that have been converted to other uses, as well as opposition to charging a market-clearing price for the remaining government-run spots.