No such thing as free parking: A biker's manifesto

... as a reason to visit. "We have over 15,000 parking spaces!" the Director of Public Space for the Providence Downtown Improvement District said. He's right; approximately half of the surface area in downtown Providence is earmarked for parked cars. ...

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