Why wait for rail when community parking can help create pedestrian-oriented areas, writes Mott Smith.
"The solution is not, as many have suggested, to eliminate parking from our playbooks. Most people in the region still drive for most trips. So to create parking-free zones in todays Los Angeles would be tantamount to creating people-free zones.
Rather, we suggest approaching parking as a neighborhood essential rather than an ad-hoc 'mitigation' for the impact of individual projects. With good urban design and effective zoning mechanisms in place, community parking can be more effective even than a transit station in creating the incentives to develop pedestrian-oriented uses in a neighborhood."
Thanks to Chris Steins
FULL STORY: Former TPR Editor Mott Smith Argues Against One-Size-Fits-All City Parking Requirements
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