Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about parking policy

No, There Is Not an “Affordable Parking Crisis”

By David Sachs | Oct 3, 2016 | 21 Comments

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, […]

Humboldt Street Neighborhood Association Prefers Parking to People

By David Sachs | Sep 16, 2016 | 21 Comments

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 (and […]

Denver Post Got It Wrong: Parking Minimums Make Traffic Worse, Not Better

By David Sachs | Jul 27, 2016 | 8 Comments

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 […]

RTD Explores What Would Happen If Drivers Had to Pay to Park at Stations

By David Sachs | Jun 10, 2016 | 5 Comments

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 […]

RTD Loses Millions on Parking Because State Legislators Wanted It That Way

By David Sachs | May 25, 2016 | 5 Comments

Building and running parking lots is a bad way for transit agencies to spend money — giving those parking spaces away for free is even worse. But that’s exactly what RTD is required to do by state law [PDF]. If RTD charged drivers just $1.50 per day, the agency would raise an extra $8.2 million a year, […]