Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about parking requirements

All those green areas are used for nothing but storing cars. Image: Ryan Keeney

Denver Warming to the Idea of Parking Maximums

By David Sachs | Oct 19, 2017 | 16 Comments

One overlooked reason for the traffic swamping Denver streets is all the real estate we've set aside to accommodate parking. The city is rife with monolithic parking structures and asphalt lots that beckon to people with cars. All that parking creates a vicious cycle by degrading the pedestrian environment and generating traffic that slows down buses.

The "good old days" aren't coming back, despite the City Council's best efforts. Photo: Western History Collection, Denver Public Library

“Science Deniers” on City Council Drag Denver Backward By Requiring More Parking

By David Sachs | May 2, 2017 | 34 Comments

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, […]

Before Denver moves forward with a less car-centric city, it should make more room for car storage, according to City Council logic. Photo: David Sachs

Today’s Your Chance to Speak Up for Affordability and Against Parking Mandates

By David Sachs | May 1, 2017 | 3 Comments

We'll find out tonight if the City Council will make housing more attainable and neighborhoods more walkable, or if elected officials will make free, on-street car storage even more plentiful.

City Council Members Choose Storage for Cars Over Housing for People

By David Sachs | Jul 22, 2016 | 18 Comments

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 […]