Sure, but you've also set up a strawman. > private vehicle ownership is a blight on society I didn't say this, I said that in urban areas, parking is a blight

Sure, but you've also set up a strawman. > private vehicle ownership is a blight on society I didn't say this, I said that in urban areas, parking is a blight. Parking uses valuable real estate to create surface lots at worst, or space that could be used for housing at best.