This is a half-cooked story. The issue is interesting, and the writer uses a number of expert sources to discuss various issues with parking in America. However, there is no voice of pro-parking space advocates (or at least someone who doesn't think it's a problem), nor is the solution suggested examined critically (How will it affect poor people vs. rich people in terms of access to cultural institutions in city centers, for example?)

Very informative, with good sources and evidence. Doesn't address the pro-pavement viewpoint, but I will admit that may be hard to find. It does have a pro-business feel to it.

The story is environmentally important. Why not paint or color all the parking places white so they reflect the solar heat back into space instead of being black and absorbing the heat? That would provide some mitigation.

A refreshingly insightful piece on a deeply important topic systematically overlooked. The poor can afford to park a few blocks away. They usually already have to drive or take buses to the strip malls in such places.