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New meaning to "self park" and other creative parking solutions

January 28, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

Tags:
autostadt, parking, smartgrowth

  Notwithstanding my dedication to building communities that reduce the need to drive, I am decidedly not anti-car.  I think the idea is to have a future where driving is a choice, not a constant necessity, for a productive and...continued→

How much parking space does one Wal-Mart need?

August 11, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably

Tags:
automobiledependence, bigboxstores, parking, sprawl, wal-mart

 A lot, the giant company apparently thinks.  But not as much as they think, say the facts:12:30 pm, Buncombe County, south of Asheville, NC, last week (August 6)For a startling depiction of the company's spread across the American landscape, see...continued→

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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