Trivialization

The practice of assigning parking spaces to a public parking lot is a method of operation that grants subscribers access to a parking facility withoutspecifying which space they should use: each person takes whatever available space suits them. The main advantage of this method is that it allows for a greater number of users, at the same capacity, by leveraging the non-coincidence of peak parking demand: spaces vacated by some at a given time can be occupied by others (a phenomenon of occupancy and complementarity).
An example of complementarity is the high concentration of shoppers on Saturdays, a time when office workers are away. However, a parking lot can also be operated with reserved, numbered spaces (primarily for rentals).