Pretty much anything else really - trees, gardens, parks, playgrounds, sports fields, markets, plazas, housing, business space. Hell - even just an overgrown vacant lot would be better than a parking lot.
Yeah, at least an overgrown vacant lot isn’t an impervious surface that will contribute to flooding and urban heat island effect. Plants and soil are far better than asphalt and concrete.
![[meme] What would you replace parking lots with if it were up to you?](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1144f2b2-14d2-4d61-b9c7-98071d1a20eb.webp){kind=link}
Pretty much anything else really - trees, gardens, parks, playgrounds, sports fields, markets, plazas, housing, business space. Hell - even just an overgrown vacant lot would be better than a parking lot.
Yeah, at least an overgrown vacant lot isn’t an impervious surface that will contribute to flooding and urban heat island effect. Plants and soil are far better than asphalt and concrete.