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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.
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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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