Daley's "Trees in parking lots" policy. Just not getting it?

Am I the only one who finds Daley's idea to put more trees in parking lots a bit annoying? It seems ironic that you want to green up the city, yet what you're greening up (a parking lot) is ultimately what will (like a red carpet) invite pollution-spewing vehicles into town. Okay, perhaps the parking lots that have already been built are different--they're already there, so you might as well put some trees around there. But it sure as hell doesn't look any prettier to me. And in fact, I think it's kind of too accepting of the parking lot--instead of decorating parking lots, the city should be coming up with ways to get rid of them. And now with some of these annoying shopping centers (Southgate Market, etc) the city thinks they can get away with surface parking by just planting a bunch of trees in the lot? How kooky is that? Oh, and what ever happened to that new Zoning ordinance and strip-mall review board, Chicago103--where were they when Crapgate Market was being planned? Anyway, just blowing a bit of steam--but I really think the city should stop insulting us by building surface parking lots and then trying to make them "friendly" by planting some useless trees. Take that shit back to Schaumburg>