Cities in California eliminate parking spaces for compact cars as parking spaces grow larger to accomodate sport utility vehicles, minivans and other light trucks.
"In a state where cars define style and status...Glendale...San Diego, Riverside and Santa Clarita among the latest cities to eliminate parking spaces for compact cars... The sport utility culture is also exerting power at the state level. While California has developed a reputation as a defender of clean-air standards, it flinches at the prospect of new vehicle emission controls for S.U.V.'s and other large vehicles, which now account for almost half of all cars sold in the United States... Experts predict that as long as people are buying the larger vehicles, communities will be willing to accommodate them, no matter how much they pollute. In California, that means larger parking spaces."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
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