It amazes me that something as mundane as ‘free parking’ could have changed the way the modern world developed.

This, from Vox:

It explains why older cities are so convenient for walking, while more modern cities tend to sprawl.

Multiplier effects, right? And caused by such an innocuous regulation.

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