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I know this is US-by-default site but does parking really shape everything around us (most of the humanity)? What about South America or Africa? From my experi

• AlotOfReading 3y ago
  American cities seem to hover around 20-30% land area dedicated to parking in the city cores, according to ParkingReform. Canadian urban planning is largely indistinguishable from American here too. Mexico City is probably similar, with around 40% according to one source [1]. Rio is around 42% of new construction. In all of the cities I checked, it was largest land use category once broken out. Melbourne seems to be better at ~12%, but it's still the third largest land use category despite long-standing efforts to deprioritize cars. If anything, "shapes everything around us" might be understating the reality. [1] https://www.itdp.org/2017/07/26/mexico-city-became-leader-parking-reform/ https://www.itdp.org/2017/07/26/mexico-city-became-leader-pa... [2] https://www.itdp.org/2019/01/31/rio-joins-parking-reform-leaders/ https://www.itdp.org/2019/01/31/rio-joins-parking-reform-lea...