Its not an estimate , thats the literal amount of space divided by a car length that was removed . If people park shitty and leave awkward gaps , that ' s on them . As a resident who hasn ' t owned a car for 9 years , it ' s nice to see our PUBLIC streets be used to the benefit of the actual public , as opposed to entitled car owners who think their massive bank loan entitles them to a portion of public property to store their awful contraption on . rant <| sep |> Not sure but I got this from some article mentioning it If you aren ' t aware , Walter B . Jones has for 20 years been the U . S . Representative for North Carolina ' s 3 rd congressional district in DC he ' s regarded as the absurd caricature of a dogooder , i . e . he is a noble man indeed .