Decatur, GA removes parking minimums for commercial buildings, and increases bike access in the process.
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Chuck Marohn interviews Donald Shoup, Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. His book, The High Cost of Free Parking, and his extensive research into the effects of parking on cities have made him a prominent voice on these topics.
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In our dense cities where land is valuable and housing is expensive, why is parking cheaper than rent?
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Phoenixville, PA removes parking minimums in its downtown through a new comprehensive plan, facing a surprising lack of resistance from the community, and seeing fantastic results.
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See which cities are getting rid of parking minimums, from Miami to Portland.
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This week we take a close look at parking requirements and the impact it has on becoming a strong city, town or neighborhood. We invite everyone to join us for the third national #BlackFridayParking event.
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Imagine living in a city where every restaurant is required by law to provide free chicken sandwiches. This would be absurd, right? Well, nearly every town in America does it. But they don’t require free sandwiches, they require something much more valuable: free parking.
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Fayetteville, Arkansas recently lifted their minimum parking requirements which were, as in most cities, absurdly high.
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It is interesting to look back and read what people thought a couple generations ago and how their thinking shapes our world today.
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Huge props to Mark Sowers who sent me his research and analysis of #blackfridayparking. He nailed it.
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Join us this Friday for #blackfridayparking, a nationwide event to draw attention to the ridiculousness of minimum parking requirements.
Read MoreIf you want to build a strong town, get rid of your parking minimums. Any chaos that ensues will be healthier for your city than the acres of unproductive, wasted space we have justified with a veneer of professional expertise.
The results of our #BlackFridayParking event.
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The blackest thing this Friday will be the acres of wasted asphalt. Help us document the ridiculousness of minimum parking standards by tweeting your Black Friday parking lot pic along with the city/state and the hashtag #BlackFridayParking.
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For years, American cities have required businesses to provide an amount of parking based on the anticipated peak demand. That peak demand is commonly believed to be "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving. Cities seemingly disregard any notion that businesses may not find it in their interests to devote valuable space and limited resources to providing parking spots that will only be used once or twice a year (or never). Ostensibly the greater apostasy -- from a regulatory standpoint -- would be for a driver to show up in their automobile this Friday and not be able to quickly find a place to park. To avoid that horror, we will set aside all of our "pro-businesses" inklings and roll out the red tape of parking minimums.
Fortunately, many cities have repealed minimum parking requirements. Many more are considering taking such a step. Let's give them a push by helping them see the folly of their ways.
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