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the main one is that having giant above ground parking lots is awful in the first place. they dramatically reduce walkability and efficiency of other transit fo
by adgjlsfhk1 4y ago
the main one is that having giant above ground parking lots is awful in the first place. they dramatically reduce walkability and efficiency of other transit forms (by pointlessly lowering density), are ugly, and are (other than cost) way worse than underground parking or multi-story parking garages. putting solar panels on the parking lots makes them incredibly expensive to remove.
- SllX 4y ago> the main one is that having giant above ground parking lots is awful in the first place Sorry, I should have specified: I’m looking for reasons the property owner wouldn’t want to install solar canopied parking lots besides just cost. E.g. Walmart is famous for their enormous parking lots and large corporate campuses in the suburbs often have large parking lots too, as do outdoor malls. It seems to me they would stand to benefit from installing canopies with solar panels seeing as how they’ve already dedicated vast swaths of their property to parking.