Comments on: So Much Parking It Hurts http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/08/10/so-much-parking-it-hurts/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Crazy Commuter http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/08/10/so-much-parking-it-hurts/comment-page-1/#comment-20431 Crazy Commuter Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:43:42 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=6901#comment-20431 I vote twice a day to use a sub-par transit system in hopes that, among other things, it will get better, but not everyone has the same resolve (or even capability) to do the same. I do agree though that even that gigantic parking structure is less of an eyesore than surface parking everywhere. I vote twice a day to use a sub-par transit system in hopes that, among other things, it will get better, but not everyone has the same resolve (or even capability) to do the same.

I do agree though that even that gigantic parking structure is less of an eyesore than surface parking everywhere.

]]> By: DJB http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/08/10/so-much-parking-it-hurts/comment-page-1/#comment-20311 DJB Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:32:42 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=6901#comment-20311 All the more reason not to require a minimum amount of off-street parking (as cities routinely do). If developers are allowed to decide how much parking to build, they will only build enough so that their projects will be marketable. I do prefer parking garages to surface parking lots. If parking is going to be built, it should at least be built in a way that wastes as little land as possible. Surface parking spreads out a city making it harder to walk, bike and use transit. Structured parking makes it easier to charge drivers for their parking, and sometimes has nice touches like ground-floor retail. All the more reason not to require a minimum amount of off-street parking (as cities routinely do). If developers are allowed to decide how much parking to build, they will only build enough so that their projects will be marketable.

I do prefer parking garages to surface parking lots. If parking is going to be built, it should at least be built in a way that wastes as little land as possible. Surface parking spreads out a city making it harder to walk, bike and use transit. Structured parking makes it easier to charge drivers for their parking, and sometimes has nice touches like ground-floor retail.

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