That parking spot doesn’t belong to you

Some fascinating food for thought about our public right-of-ways and how we use them. Maybe it's time to reconsider why two-thirds of many streets are being used for parking instead of travel… or other purposes. Excerpt: "Think about it. Most of us in single family neighborhoods have a proprietary relationship with the street parking spot in front of their house. We think: "someone is parked in MY spot." This is understandable on a logical level when there is a foot of snow outside and someone has shoveled out a spot, but it's much less understandable when it's just part of the city right-of-way. Given that people do have this relationship with the parking spot in front of their house, what if we enabled them to do something other than park there?" Read the rest here.