When A Parking Lot Is So Much More

NO ONE loves a parking lot. . . . It's hard to imagine an alternative. Or is it? I believe that the modern surface parking lot is ripe for transformation. Few of us spend much time thinking about parking beyond availability and convenience. But parking lots are, in fact, much more than spots to temporarily store cars: they are spaces that have major impacts on the design of our cities and suburbs, on the natural environment and on the rhythms of daily life.

Read more in The New York Times.