Proving That Off-Street Parking Reform Can Lower Emissions and Housing Costs

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In the struggle against climate change, it can feel that we are constantly being asked to sacrifice material desires. Most people don’t want to take cold showers, pay more for electricity, or give up eating steak. It gets exhausting. There are a vast number of interventions that are good for both the economy and environment, and it is especially exciting to find something that will make it easier for us to afford the home of our dreams while also slashing emissions in the economy’s dirtiest sector. That’s why it’s so exciting, as dry as it may sound, to reform the regulation of off-street parking.  

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