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Counting Parking Spots, From Above

There is no single, handy database that tracks the proliferation of parking spots in a city over time. A five-story parking garage goes in here, a surface lot there. A new development comes in, and zoning code mandates additional spots per housing unit or office desk...

The Folly of City-Owned Parking Garages

My overnight trip to Baltimore from my home base of Washington, D.C. this weekend was a miracle of modern multi-modality—Capital Bikeshare from my house to Union Station, Amtrak to Baltimore’s Penn Station, then a quick ride on the Light Rail down to the Convention...