Squatters on wheels
Submitted by ipsita on Thu, 2007-05-31 00:00
Cars are major encroachers on public land. Parking gets huge hidden subsidies 
A typical vehicle stays parked 95 per cent of the time. A 2006 study by the Central Road Research Institute in New Delhi estimated that of the 8,760 hours in a year, an average car's steering time is only 400 hours. This means it is driven for only about an hour a day. Yet parking is not factored into the infrastructure requirements of automobiles
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