Increased traffic congestion is making it tougher and tougher to get around on our region s roads. To make matters worse, when you finally reach your destination, you often can t find a place to park. Many employers and businesses are facing a parking crunch. Merchants want parking for their customers.
Employers provide parking for most employees.
Cities and suburbs devote huge tracts of land to workday parking, while the rest of the time, the lots stand empty. Yet, when need is greatest getting to work or the train station in rush hour or on heavy shopping days there never seems to be enough parking. Demand for parking has become so entrenched that for every car in America, there are eight parking spaces. Each of us has a parking space at home, the shopping center, at work, at school practically everywhere we go. Local zoning ordinances, building codes, bank financing rules and other development practices result in an oversupply of parking spaces in many suburban locales and an inefficient use of existing parking in cities.