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APA California hints (strongly) at opposition to parking minimum reform bill

June 14, 2012 By Stephen Smith

Minimum parking requirement reform bills have been floating around the California legislature for a while – last year it was AB 710, and this year it's AB 904, both authored by East Bay Asm. Nancy Skinner.This email blast to members from the American Planning Association's California chapter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California, parking

More on Parking Prices

March 21, 2012 By Emily Hamilton

At Wabi-sabi, Sandy Ikeda (former Market Urbanism writer) has a great analysis of San Francisco's pricing for parking. He points out that assigning prices to spots is not equivalent to allowing a market to determine a price. For a real price to emerge capital (the parking space) cannot be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, parking

From Towers-in-a-Park, to Rowhomes-in-a-Parking Lot?

October 14, 2011 By Stephen Smith

When the Drunk Engineer posted about a parking-packed Oakland project winning a smart growth award, I figured it was an anomaly. And hey, it’s the West Coast – what did you expect? My rendering rule-of-thumb: The more they emphasize the green, the worse it's gonna turn out... … [Read more...]

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DC Councilmembers Take a (Soft) Stand Against Parking

October 6, 2011 By Emily Hamilton

DCist reports that DC city councilmembers Tommy Wells and Mary Cheh proposed legislation that would allow the mayor to designate apartment buildings where residents would not be allowed to purchase residential parking permits. This innovative legislation would mark a sharp turn away from typical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, parking, Uncategorized

The Price of Parking in India

June 13, 2011 By Emily Hamilton

In Triumph of the City, Ed Glaeser offers a very insightful analysis of density restriction in India, home of some of the fastest growing cities in the world. He explains that while land use regulations are detrimental to economic growth in the United States, the consequences are much greater in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parking, sprawl

“I’ve Walked Away From Projects Because of Parking Minimums”

April 29, 2011 By Stephen Smith

Streetsblog NYC has been doing an excellent job of hounding the city on its lack of action on parking reforms, but this article with developer Alan Bell talking about his experience with parking minimums in the city is, I think, the best so far. Here's an excerpt: Hudson might have built more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: nyc, parking

Links: Transit worker wages, farmers markets, parking, and beyond!

April 14, 2011 By Stephen Smith

1. Austin Contrarian comes out in favor of a Republican proposal to lower bus drivers' wages. I wish more liberal urbanists (i.e., urbanists) would comment on issues like these. I don't see (m)any of them vociferously defending transit labor unions, but I also don't see them criticizing them for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Austin, dc, food, LA, links, nyc, parking, unions

From the comments: Parking minimums in Houston

April 8, 2011 By Stephen Smith

In a comment to yesterday's post on land use in Texas, baklazkhan notes that in spite of the libertarian myth of Houston as a completely (or even relatively) laissez-faire city with regards to land use, it actually has pretty strict parking minimums: Additionally, it's interesting to compare the … [Read more...]

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