Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about parking

A parking lot across the street from Union Station, Denver's central transit hub, isn't exactly screaming for people not to drive. Photo: David Sachs

Denver7 Got It Wrong: Parking Is Proliferating Downtown, Not Shrinking

By David Sachs | Apr 17, 2018 | 4 Comments

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!

A rendering of 650 17th St. Image: Davis Partnership Architects

Denver’s Tallest Building Doesn’t Need to Be Saddled With 10 Stories of Parking in Perpetuity

By David Sachs | Feb 23, 2018 | 8 Comments

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.

America’s Worst Parking Crater Could Become Denver’s Next Human-Scale Neighborhood

By David Sachs | Feb 9, 2018 | 18 Comments

Imagine a compact, walkable, bikeable, and transit-rich neighborhood on the river where barren parking lots dominate.

Without a limit on parking around the 41st and Fox Station, this rendering will be wishful thinking — the streets will be clogged with cars instead. Image: CPD

Denver Aims to Cap Parking Around 41st and Fox RTD Station

By David Sachs | Nov 2, 2017 | 8 Comments

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.

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.

Work Downtown? Take the 2017 Commuter Survey to Make Your Voice Heard

By David Sachs | Sep 26, 2017 | 2 Comments

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.

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