Randall O’Toole says that some otherwise smart people oppose the free-market-driven economies of free parking, for the wrong reasons. “Do shopping malls, office parks, and companies like WalMart provide parking for their customers and employees because of zoning mandates, as Shoup claims? Or would they and do they provide parking just because it is good for their businesses? Texas counties are not allowed to zone, yet shopping centers and office parks in unincorporated Texas still provide plenty of parking. Much to planners’ annoyance, many developers elsewhere routinely provide more parking than zoning codes demand. This suggests that free parking is a free-market choice and [Tyler] Cowen, who generally supports free markets, should have no objection to it.”