parking policy

Homes that would be getting built are not getting built -- and given the current uncertainty they may never get built. For a city facing a housing shortage, this is bad news.

It's 2017. The question of whether cities should require developers to build parking has been settled. They should not. But here in Denver, the City Council is moving in the opposite direction.

The Denver Planning Board voted for an amendment to the zoning code Wednesday that would raise housing costs and feed the city's car addiction by forcing home builders to build parking where it was not required before.

Zoning would ensure a net gain in parking spaces if the City Council adopts it, but home builders will have some outs.

What do parking spots have to do with equity? A lot. I was at last week’s Rail~Volution conference in the Bay Area, where “building livable communities with transit” was the topic of conversation. It was striking how some of the country’s leading urban planners talked about transit, not in terms of buses and trains, but … Continued

Channeling Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, the Denver Post ran a column in its Sunday edition titled “Make downtown Denver parking great again.” No joke. Forget all the evidence that the more parking you build, the more traffic you get and the more expensive everything else becomes. What Denver really needs, according to author Teresa Keegan, … Continued

https://youtu.be/8t5vCFb_QaU Members of the Humboldt Street Neighborhood Association have a message for potential new residents of their enclave in City Park West: No vacancy. The group is petitioning to revoke zoning permits from two impending apartment buildings before home builders break ground at 16th and Humboldt streets. If successful, these residents will block 108 homes … Continued

In an editorial published Monday, the Denver Post defended five City Council members who want to force home builders to provide storage for private automobiles, even though that makes housing less affordable. According to the misguided Post editorial board, making Denver residents pay more for housing is worth it because the parking requirements will reduce traffic congestion. They couldn’t have … Continued

A regressive Colorado law makes it illegal for RTD to charge most drivers for parking at the agency’s stations. Problem is, parking spaces cost a fortune for transit agencies to build — around $20,000 per space in Denver. Giving away that commodity passes the cost on to passengers and leaves a lot of money on … Continued