America has eight parking spaces for every car. Here’s how cities are rethinking that land
             
            
              brandonlin
            
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        For urban planners, parking rules established decades ago have become a contentious 21st-century challenge. Parking takes up about one-third of land area in U.S. cities; nationwide, there are an estimated eight parking spaces for every car.
 
      
      
    
      