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Maybe a good solution would be to have zoning systems for parking requirements so in dense areas the city would manage the parking making it shared and charge b
by neuralRiot 8y ago
Maybe a good solution would be to have zoning systems for parking requirements so in dense areas the city would manage the parking making it shared and charge business according to their capacity or property area and at the same time charge users according to demand.
- setr 8y agoIn a sparse location, with one or a few buildings off on their own, parking is free and self-incentivized, because there's simply no way around it (the business needs parking more than people need the business) In an artificially dense location (eg parking mall/center), parking is free and its owned and maintained by the owners of the overall location, paid for by the business's rent. In an organically dense location (eg chicago downtown, chinatowns, etc), a parking-market will inevitably exist, and garages/lots will be privately owned & maintained, paid for by, well, the price of parking. Parking minimums seem to me to be an artificial solution to an artificial problem: the only time it might be effective is in the last case, and that's only if you believe parking should always be free. If you accept the parking-market, as most cities do, the market solves parking without issue. Zoning would just be a bandage solution, vulnerable to many edge cases, and likely lead to similar and perhaps even brand new mistaken outcomes.