MentalPolyphonics » parking http://mentalpolyphonics.com Committees exist to share blame. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:29:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Parking vs Density http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/parking-vs-density http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/parking-vs-density#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:52:32 +0000 Ryley http://mentalpolyphonics.com/?p=5023 Jared pointed me to this Times Colonist letter, which suggests that Victoria needs to critically examine our zoning policies with respect to parking. In the letter, they talk a lot about urban sprawl, and various other, relatively boring outcomes of strong parking requirements for new development in urban centers. I think a much simpler comparison might have more impact: LA has similar policies to Victoria, San Francisco and NYC do not.

Freakonomics did a big series on misconceptions about LA, and why downtown LA has a reputation for sprawling, whereas downtown San Francisco is considered “vibrant”. The most interesting thing they linked to was this study on the true costs of parking in LA.

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