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yes, minimum parking requirements do limit development

November 18, 2020 By Michael Lewyn

I and many other scholars have argued that minimum parking requirements increase the cost of housing (by taking up land for parking that could be used for housing, and by imposing costs that are passed on to consumers), increase the costs of doing business, and create a variety of other social … [Read more...]

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New Report by CMU and AHLA: The Case for Ending Parking Requirements in Downtown Los Angeles

May 3, 2018 By Adam Hengels

The Center for Market Urbanism released its first policy report in partnership with Abundant Housing Los Angeles.  The paper, written by The Center for Market Urbanism's Nolan Gray and Emily Hamilton, recommends eliminating minimum parking requirements as part of DTLA 2040, a process which will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements, Los Angeles, parking, planning, Policy Tagged With: Abundant Housing LA, AHLA, Los Angeles, minimum parking requirements, parking

How Suburban Parking Requirements Hold Back Downtown

August 3, 2017 By Nolan Gray

A large, empty parking lot

You wake up thirty minutes before your alarm, jerking up after having a nightmare about a car crash. Reluctantly, you clean up, eat breakfast, and hop into your car. Work is only three mile away—easy biking distance—and there are 15 or so people in your neighborhood who work where you work—enough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parking, Transportation Tagged With: Houston, minimum parking requirements, parking

How Lexington Can Expand Affordable Housing (Without Touching the UGB)

January 9, 2017 By Nolan Gray

 Lexington, Kentucky is a wonderful place, and that’s getting to be a problem. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with the city: its urban amenities, thriving information economy, and unique local culture have brought in throngs of economic migrants from locales as exotic as Appalachia, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gentrification, housing, planning, zoning Tagged With: accessory dwelling unit, adu, gentrification, kentucky, lexington, minimum parking requirements, mixed use, parking, ugb, urban growth boundary

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