by Stephen Smith At the risk of beating the parking theme deader than the Ground Zero Mosque, here are some recent parking-related stories published around the world: The NYC DOT's Park Smart program has been called a success in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, and officials are … [Read more...]
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New empirical evidence that parking minimums encourage sprawl
by Stephen Smith Although we at Market Urbanism are big fans of Donald Shoup's work on parking minimums, we have to admit that rigorous econometric evidence that parking minimums mandate more parking than the market would otherwise supply has been a bit lacking. Randal O'Toole at The Antiplanner … [Read more...]
NYC’s lingering obsession with parking minimums may come to an end
by Stephen Smith Back in February Streetsblog had a good three-part series on planning changes in New York City since the beginning of Michael Bloomberg's term, and while they had a lot of praise for upzonings that have occurred throughout much of the four urban boroughs, they highlighted minimum … [Read more...]
LA’s partial parking privatization
by Stephen Smith The LA Times reports that Los Angeles is considering "privatizing" ten public parking garages to fill a budget shortfall. The story is, unfortunately, a reminder of how infrastructure "privatization" is often little better than the status quo, and how media reporting of the … [Read more...]
Chicago Privatizes Parking Meters
Of course, Chicago is just privatizing the revenue from meters, not the actual parking spaces. Plus, the city will regulate rate increases, but it's a step in the right direction. (right?) For today's politicians, this is a great way to get windfalls of money today for revenues of future … [Read more...]
Parking Minimums Hamper Development and Affordability
Thanks to Dan and Benjamin for separately tipping me off to this link: AP: Cities rethink wisdom of 50s-era parking standards Like nearly all U.S. cities, D.C. has requirements for off-street parking. Whenever anything new is built — be it a single-family home, an apartment building, a store … [Read more...]
“Green” Parking Garage in Chicago. Oxymoron?
Developer, Al Friedman plans to build a "green" parking garage in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, where development has replaced many surface lots. (Crain's) Environmentally speaking, it's probably better than a surface lot and frees up more space for productive development. But, can the … [Read more...]
Markets for Parking
Matthew Yglesias: Parking How much will they pay? Well, it's hard to know in advance which is why you need markets. But that's what you should have -- as much parking as the market will bear. Not government-mandated parking, and not government-provided free or discount parking. Let people build … [Read more...]
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