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The High Cost of Free Parking

Provided by: Vox |Published on: April 27, 2021

Videos Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

This video explains the history of parking policies in the United States and their impact on the environment.
Students will learn that cities need parking solutions that will allow for more housing and green space.

Subjects: History, Geography, Engineering

Authors: Vox

Region: North America, United States, Global

Languages: English

Positives

Students will learn that mandatory parking minimums harm the environment.
The video shows how sprawling parking lots take up space that could be used for housing.

Additional Prerequisites

Differentiation

Social studies classes could use this video to discuss parking policies that reduce the number of cars in urban areas.
Students could research parking management strategies that create more urban green spaces, then design parking solutions for a local area.
Other resources on this topic include this interactive map that shows which cities have eliminated some or all of their parking mandates, this text on urban heat islands, and this video on underground bike parking in the Netherlands.

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