audio by title planetizen podcast 2006-03-31 mott smith onsite parking the scourge of america s commercial districts

In this final installment of Planetizen's three-part series on parking, Mott Smith, Principal of planning and development firm Civic Enterprise Associates in Los Angeles, analyzes the urban design problems generated by gratuitous "onsite" parking requirements, which ruin street life and force property owners to use their lots inefficiently.