> But is this inefficiency and resultant drag on prosperity balanced out by making the market more efficient to access for people up and down the road? If the

> But is this inefficiency and resultant drag on prosperity balanced out by making the market more efficient to access for people up and down the road? If the current configuration really is the most efficient, why does the government feel the need to mandate it (through parking minimums)? Wouldn't private interests build it anyway? I think big parking lots can be justified sometimes. But what we now is not "build big parking lots when efficient", it's "build big parking lots everywhere, even when it's not needed".