At the Congress for the New Urbanism in Philadelphia, Siegman & Associates founder Patrick Siegman offered a seven-point program for parking reform to a standing room-only crowd, noting that it could have a transformative effect on the American landscape:

"What does this say about the importance of parking as an issue for New Urbanists? Friday morning's panel 'The Mythical Parking Shortage' drew an audience that filled the seats, lined up standing at the back of the room, and then spilled out of the room.

Washington A was so full, in fact, that the whole group was plunged into darkness more than once when one of the standees' inadvertently pushed the dimmer switch on the wall all the way to black..."

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