Photo by Ken Douglas, used under Creative Commons licensing. Photo by Ken Douglas, used under Creative Commons licensing.

 

If you own a car, you've probably had to worry at one time or another about where you could park it. But these days between a place at your home, your office, your movie theater, and your favorite lunch spot, there are three parking spots for each car in America, and all that asphalt makes a real impact on planning and the feel of an urban environment. In Parking Management for Smart Growth, parking expert Richard W. Willson shows how towns and cities can use parking more strategically, making for more vibrant neighborhoods.