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Yes, if you can convince your neighbors to change zoning laws, you should. I thought I was pretty clear about that. But the reason it takes a lot of money is be

by HWR_14 5y ago

Yes, if you can convince your neighbors to change zoning laws, you should. I thought I was pretty clear about that. But the reason it takes a lot of money is because it's unpopular. Parking is either on street (and therefore a subsidy to the business) or in parking lots. Either parking minimums or street parking requires vast asphalt pads empty most of the time, because you have to account for peak capacity.

alistairSH 5y ago
Current local parking example is a new apartment block - ~500 units, ~800 spaces required, developer thinks ~600 is enough because the building is adjacent to a subway stop and across the street from a massive mixed development. This is an area with almost zero on-street parking - there's no risk of tragedy of the commons here because there's no street parking to "steal". Why is the county requiring more parking than the market value? The developer has no incentive to under-build parking - nobody would rent in the building if there wasn't enough parking available. Edit - Des Moines has 19.4 parking spaces per household. Seattle has >5 per household. Other stats about parking density in the article... https://www.fastcompany.com/90202222/heres-how-much-space-u-s-cities-waste-on-parking https://www.fastcompany.com/90202222/heres-how-much-space-u-...
- HWR_14 5y ago
  > The developer has no incentive to under-build parking - nobody would rent in the building if there wasn't enough parking available. The very existence of slums/slumlords suggests that selling substandard housing to desperate people suggests both that there are people willing to accept substandard housing and that it is profitable. If it can work with rat and mold infestations, etc, it can work with an uncomfortably small amount of parking. I have no idea what the right amount is, but I certainly don't believe your reasoning provides more information.

by HWR_14 5y ago

alistairSH 5y ago

Current local parking example is a new apartment block - ~500 units, ~800 spaces required, developer thinks ~600 is enough because the building is adjacent to a subway stop and across the street from a massive mixed development. This is an area with almost zero on-street parking - there's no risk of tragedy of the commons here because there's no street parking to "steal". Why is the county requiring more parking than the market value? The developer has no incentive to under-build parking - nobody would rent in the building if there wasn't enough parking available. Edit - Des Moines has 19.4 parking spaces per household. Seattle has >5 per household. Other stats about parking density in the article... https://www.fastcompany.com/90202222/heres-how-much-space-u-s-cities-waste-on-parking https://www.fastcompany.com/90202222/heres-how-much-space-u-...

HWR_14 5y ago
> The developer has no incentive to under-build parking - nobody would rent in the building if there wasn't enough parking available. The very existence of slums/slumlords suggests that selling substandard housing to desperate people suggests both that there are people willing to accept substandard housing and that it is profitable. If it can work with rat and mold infestations, etc, it can work with an uncomfortably small amount of parking. I have no idea what the right amount is, but I certainly don't believe your reasoning provides more information.