parking
Denver7 Got It Wrong: Parking Is Proliferating Downtown, Not Shrinking
On Friday, local ABC affiliate Denver7 aired a news segment about the effect of growth on the downtown parking supply. The gist of the story was this: Useful buildings are supplanting surface parking lots, and that means fewer places to park cars. If only!
April 17, 2018
Denver’s Tallest Building Doesn’t Need to Be Saddled With 10 Stories of Parking in Perpetuity
Denver doesn’t need more parking and the traffic that comes with it. But if more parking garages are coming, they should be future-proofed for a world with fewer cars and less traffic.
February 23, 2018
America’s Worst Parking Crater Could Become Denver’s Next Human-Scale Neighborhood
Imagine a compact, walkable, bikeable, and transit-rich neighborhood on the river where barren parking lots dominate.
February 9, 2018
Denver Aims to Cap Parking Around 41st and Fox RTD Station
Denver Department of Community Planning and Development reps want to cap new parking spots around the 41st and Fox RTD station, an anchor of current and future development in Sunnyside and Globeville.
November 2, 2017
Denver Warming to the Idea of Parking Maximums
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.
October 19, 2017
Work Downtown? Take the 2017 Commuter Survey to Make Your Voice Heard
In the past the survey has revealed cringe-worthy truths. These aren't fixed demographics to shrug at — they're red flags to wave in the face of decision-makers.
September 26, 2017
The Cherry Creek Parkageddon Never Came. Where Is All the Hoopla?
Turns out, Cherry Creek businesses did better in February 2017 (the month after parking fees began) than in 2016.
June 23, 2017
“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
Today’s Your Chance to Speak Up for Affordability and Against Parking Mandates
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.
May 1, 2017
Denver Wins Golden Crater Award, Parking Lot Owner Announces Development — Coincidence?
When the sea of parking lots around three RTD train stations next to downtown catapulted Denver to victory in Streetsblog's Parking Madness tournament — bringing some much-deserved shame to our city — it was a relief.
April 14, 2017
