As part of Earth Week at the University of Utah, the Student Collective of Allied Planners and Ecologists (SCAPE) recognized PARKing Day in the parking lot west of the Marriott Library. The day is a national attempt to take parking spaces and temporarily return them to public use.
Urban Planners and Ecologists focus on planning areas or even entire cities while taking into account social, economic and ecological forces. Their aim is to design public spaces that maximize usability and sustainability.
Thomas Carter, Urban Ecology student and president of SCAPE at the U, said parking spots are considered poorly used space for ecologic, economic and social reasons.