Parking requirements are a great "gateway drug" into #urbanism, particularly from a #libertarian bent. Practically ever American city has minimum parking space requirements for commercial spaces, and these requirements are almost universally dumb & arbitrary.
Take bowling alleys: Some cities require 2 spaces per lane, some 4, some 8. A bakery, a restaurant, and a bar all might have completely different requirements, despite serving a similar customer base... Meaning that the commercial landlord can get in a situation where they can't rent to XYZ business, because they don't have enough parking.
And should a _bar_ really have a _minimum_ number of parking spaces? A place where people literally get inebriated and unable to operate a motor vehicle?
This is the subject of the most recent talking headways podcast by nostr:nprofile1qyvhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddakk7um5wgh8q6twdvhsqgxqz4467g29p2alrq5kazdus0e9jwr3jk4fawrev82h7cv9h786cv0ta3ts : https://streetsblog.libsyn.com/episode-558-parking-reform-with-tony-jordan