parking minimums
Commentary: What do parking requirements have to do with affordable housing?
When I entered the affordable housing world, one thing I didn’t count on was how many projects across Denver don’t even pass the visioning stage. There are a variety of reasons for this, mainly revolving around finances, but the one I was not counting on was…parking.
April 16, 2021
What If Denver’s Policymakers Treated Public Transit the Way They Treat Private Parking?
We are already charged indirectly for "free" parking. Why not charge indirectly for public transit instead?
July 17, 2018
“Science Deniers” on City Council Drag Denver Backward By Requiring More Parking
The Denver City Council voted 9 to 2 Monday to mandate more parking on small lots, fueling higher housing costs and more traffic. The decision ended a nine-month saga in which the council caved completely to residents who insist that city policy should prioritize their ability to park for free on the street in front of their homes, … Continued
May 2, 2017
While Other Cities Cut Parking Mandates, Denver’s Poised to Require More Parking
Zoning would ensure a net gain in parking spaces if the City Council adopts it, but home builders will have some outs.
December 15, 2016
Look How Much Space Is Dedicated Solely to Parking in Downtown Denver
To hear the City Council tell it, what Denver really needs is more parking, even if it means making housing less affordable. But if you look around, Denver already has more parking than a healthy city should. Even in the densest part of the city, vast parking craters and hulking, concrete garages run rampant. Ryan Keeney over at DenverInfill wanted … Continued
July 29, 2016
City Council Members Choose Storage for Cars Over Housing for People
In a growing city where homes are becoming increasingly unaffordable, elected officials should be trying to maximize housing for people, not storage for cars. But some members of the City Council want to do exactly the opposite. The City Council’s Neighborhood and Planning Commission voted 5-0 Wednesday to press pause on a zoning law that allows developers … Continued
July 22, 2016
Less Traffic, More People: City to Scrap Parking Mandates in Arapahoe Square
Create places to park, you get cars and traffic. Create places to walk, you get people. In Arapahoe Square, homes and businesses are islands between sprawling parking lots and the cars that fill them. That’s due in part to zoning requirements that bake tons of parking into buildings. Community Planning and Development has proposed new standards that would scrap those … Continued
March 24, 2016
Walkable Development Near Transit to Have More Room for Cars Than Beds
Greystar, a developer out of Charleston, South Carolina, wants to build a 14-story apartment tower across the street from Denver’s most important transit hub. With a name like Ascent at Union Station, you’d think its builders would reach for high standards, but you’d be wrong. That’s because the developers have baked almost two parking spaces per unit … Continued
December 21, 2015