That Damned Elusive Parking Spot

Also a coffee shop bathroom, and not knowing what we really want

My latest piece over at Resident Urbanist is about pausing and looking around and thinking about “the urbanism we already have.” What do I mean by that?

I return to an example often cited by urbanists of great use of space: the Trader Joe’s parking lot, by way of an anecdote about parking in general:

Ever had someone say (or thought to yourself), “Trader …