We, the citizens of Louisville, KY, petition Metro to start redeveloping city-owned surface parking lots for housing, retail, offices, parks, community gardens, solar farms or parking garages. Metro's excessive surface parking devours spaces that should have greener, more sustainable uses. They intensify the high heat index in summer, are excessively cold and hazardous in winter, increase flooding, diminish walkability and suppress public transit alternatives or use.

The minimal revenue they generate does not offset their enormous, negative environmental impact.

Please set a new standard in environmental responsibility. Reverse the negative effects of surface lots on our quality of life in Louisville by re-purposing them!