Video Why We Drive on Parkways and Park on Driveways

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In the video today we look at the surprisingly reasonable answer to the age-old question- why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

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Sources:

Oxford English Dictionary
http://definitions.uslegal.com/d/driveway/
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=driveway&searchmode=none
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Farrand
http://www.safermotoring.co.uk/parking-near-private-driveway-what-law.html
http://books.google.ca/books?id=hoFKI-yodUQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+car+and+the+american+city&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tAK_UprWL4OqyAHH1YHYCw&ved=0CEoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=the%20car%20and%20the%20american%20city&f=false
http://www.alternativesjournal.ca/community/blogs/food-and-culture/why-do-we-park-driveway-and-drive-parkway
http://muse.jhu.edu/article/51736
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/12409/why-do-you-drive-on-a-parkway-and-park-on-a-driveway
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/410/why-do-we-drive-on-the-parkway-and-park-on-the-driveway

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http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1843841
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