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Per-business lots are incredibly inefficient. They have to optimize for peak demand or lose sales during crucial peak seasons - when was thr last time you saw a

• jjallen 3y ago
  > when was thr last time you saw a Walmart parking lot full? Sounds like they could make them much smaller > They make it more difficult to visit multiple stops in one trip. Instead of parking downtown, going to an appointment and grabbing lunch I have to move my car in between those trips, generating more emissions and waste. A general, private garage is an existing possible solution to this problem.
  • RugnirViking 3y ago
    > Sounds like they could make them much smaller You're not really adressing the point of what they were saying. If they were smaller and utilised more efficiently, there would be at least some days where you shop up and its full, so you go somewhere else. Walmart want your money, so they're incentivised to have more parking lots than they'll ever need. Pushing everything into private lots only will exacerbate this problem
  • ultrarunner 3y ago
    > Sounds like they could make them much smaller This is usually regulated by zoning laws, and Walmart (et al) have no say in the matter.
• Gigachad 3y ago
  They don't have to be per business. In Australian cities at least, you'll have one multi level parking facility which serves the whole area. It's entirely funded by the user rather than the tax payer and is even more effective.