I'm fortunate to live in a century home neighborhood (Waterloo region, Canada) where the elementary school has a tiny parking lot that is strictly for staff onl

I'm fortunate to live in a century home neighborhood (Waterloo region, Canada) where the elementary school has a tiny parking lot that is strictly for staff only. A few parents moan about having to park on nearby side streets and walk their kids in, but the net result is overwhelmingly a huge positive— almost everyone walks or bikes to school, and is safer doing so for the fact that there isn't a giant traffic jam in front of it. I often feel that it's a fragile equilibrium though— it wouldn't take much to get the sports field turned into a big parking lot and have everyone immediately defect in the face of it not "feeling safe" any more.