Here's an idea being tried in Australia. Offer urban apartment dwellers a free Smart car with purchase of a special half size parking space for it thus saving the developer valuable parking garage square footage.

This seems like a brilliant idea for city dwellers. While this Australian test case is for apartment dwellers who want a second car and parking space I can imagine that this system could be used with a remote garage or parking lot where people could park their SUV, Truck, van etc. and swap to it from the Smart car when the alternate vehicle is desired. Alternatively, larger vehicles could simply be rented as needed. Many city dwellers already do this for weekend getaways from the city.

Progressive urban regulators should embrace such approaches to space saving in new urban buildings.

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