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Parking
 | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (September 2024) |
Parking is the act of stopping and disengaging a vehicle and usually leaving it unoccupied. Parking on one or both sides of a road is often permitted, though sometimes with restrictions. Some buildings have parking facilities for use of the buildings' users. Countries and local governments have rules[1] for design and use of parking spaces.
Car parking is essential to car-based travel. Cars are typically stationary around 95 per cent of the time.[2] The availability and price of car parking may support car dependency.[3] Significant amounts of urban land are devoted to car parking; in many North American city centers, half or more of all land is devoted to car parking.[4]
- ^ Roads in the Neo-Assyrian Empire (ca. 700 BC) bore signs stating "Royal Road. Let no man lessen it." The penalty for illegal use was "death by impalement on a stake." Lay, M. G. (1992). Ways of the World: A History of the World's Roads and of the Vehicles That Used Them. United States: Rutgers University Press. p. 184.
- ^ Paul, Barter (2013-02-22). ""Cars are parked 95% of the time". Let's check!". Reinventing parking. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ Hagman, Olle (2006-03-01). "Morning Queues and Parking Problems. On the Broken Promises of the Automobile". Mobilities. 1 (1): 63–74. doi:10.1080/17450100500489247. ISSN 1745-0101. S2CID 111368651.
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