Parking Laws Are Strangling America | Climate Town

Parking ain’t free, brother. Patreon: sUbScRiBe FoR mOrE ViDeOs: If you like the sound of Brilliant, head to - that link gets you a 30 day free trial AND the first 200 people get 20% off Brilliant Premium for LIFE. You heard it right: WE STARTED A PODCAST! It’s called The Climate Denier’s Playbook and you can listen to it right here: And ohhhh yeah we have a newsletter! You can sign up right here: Also what the hell we’re doing another live show in Brooklyn on August 23rd at the Bell House?? And wait there’s actually something we can do about this maybe? Our friends at Climate Changemakers have put together a playbook on how to take action: Check out the Not Just Bikes right here: EPISODE SOURCES & CITATIONS: Special thanks to Donald Shoup () for his decades of work on exposing parking issues in the US, and for his willingness to help us with this episode. The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup (Dropbox link for the free 2004 manuscript PDF from his website): High Cost of Free Parking - Manuscript ?dl=0 Paved Paradise by Harry Grabar: Strong Towns has done a ton of great work pushing back against parking minimums, and our car-centric North American city design in general. Check them out here: Strong Towns also made this great video called: Are Parking Lots Ruining Your City? The Parking Reform Network is another excellent resource, and they made this killer map tracking the progress of parking minimum rollbacks across the US: Oh what’s that? We’re also on the larger Internet? Discord server: Instagram: TikTok: @climatetown Website: LinkTree: Make a tax-deductible donation to Climate Town: Join and support some movements! () Sunrise Movement () NRDC () Climate Changemakers () Host, Head Writer, Editor: Rollie Williams Executive Producers: Rollie Williams & Ben Boult & Matt Nelsen & Nicole Conlan Writers: Nicole Conlan & Matt Nelsen & Ben Boult Director: Matt Nelsen Cinematographer: Ben Boult Assistant Editor: Xola Thompson Production Assistants: Milton Vargas, Christine Grobelny Animator: Ian MK Cessna () Theme music by Gratis (@gratis3241) Special thanks to the Civil Liberties Defense Center () and Mackenzie Brennan for their support