Sentence:  Raymond Vernon reports that residents of East St. Louis have been driving across the Mississippi , through the heart of downtown St. Louis and out to the western suburbs for major shopping , simply because <WSD>parking</WSD> is easier at the big branches than it is in the heart of town . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily