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Current problem Some studies have estimated how long it will take to find available parking spaces. Of course, it really depends on you. For example, in Lyon and Paris (France), it takes an average of 10 to 12 minutes to find a parking space. According to another study conducted in the UK, the average duration of parking is 7 minutes, but there is high variability. In some parts of London, wasted time can go up to 20 minutes. Twenty minutes is the author of “The Geography of Transport Systems” by Dr. med. Jean-Paul Rodrigue at Hofstra University (New York). Assuming we are taking one of the more optimistic estimates (say 10 minutes) and parking the car several times in a row (say 5), it will take up to 600 minutes a year. Wasting time finding a parking space is 10 hours a year. And of course, more traffic means more pollution. When you search for available parking spaces, your car’s CO2 emissions are higher than you can drive to your seat and move to the next day’s level. In...