Rather than a cap, many suburbs have a minimum parking space requirement for stores. Suburbs have been using zoning laws to encourage a car based economy. In th

Rather than a cap, many suburbs have a minimum parking space requirement for stores. Suburbs have been using zoning laws to encourage a car based economy. In the Chicago suburb which I used to live, you could not walk the one mile to Target even if you wanted to for lack of sidewalks, crosswalks, etc.