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Climate Town & Not Just Bikes collaborating on how parking minimums destroy both the environment and cities

I really enjoy the ClimateTown youtube channel. I had never considered that parking laws could be behind why my city looks like such a dystopian concrete jungle.

They also provide some instructions for how to contact your local council reps to voice your concerns - https://www.climatechangemakers.org/playbook-parking-mandates/#action

I don't think I'm as active in politics as I should be but we all have to start somewhere. I'm sharing here and hope some of you also try reaching out to your local reps. You can even complain about more than just parking laws!

"I'm aware you didn't have 'watch a punishingly long video about parking' on your agenda today, but what a parking lot lacks in excitement, it makes up for in being so blunt-force head-trauma stupid, that once you learn about it, you can't unsee the damage the parked car has done to the land of the free."

Seriously, Climate Town is one of the best things we have on the internet these days.

This video details the archaic parking minimum laws in most US cities that mandate an overabundance of wasteful parking that could be used for housing, businesses, transit, green space, or basically anything else that isn't a sea of asphalt.