What Happens When Cities Eliminate Minimum Parking Requirements? [Issue Brief]

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• Creators:
  Schwartz, Ellen
• Corporate Creators:
  University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Parking Policy
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of California Institute of Transportation Studies
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Cities Commercial Buildings Literature Reviews On Street Parking Parking Residential Areas Socioeconomic Areas Tenants
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.17610/T69030
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of California Institute of Transportation Studies
• Abstract:
  Despite growing evidence that minimum parking requirements both constrain development and produce more parking than necessary or desirable, many cities remain reluctant to repeal them. A common concern is that eliminating these mandates will result in too little off-street parking. This issue brief synthesizes research from cities that have already removed minimum parking requirements and finds these concerns to be largely unfounded. Rather than opting to build zero-parking projects, developers generally continue to include parking where demand exists, often building somewhat less than previously required, but sometimes more, depending on the project and location.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ca7e7192ec6ef7688f770978d88097155aba1c7143da6661d7f12a5a83bc5b6c29b87ed80efff258c1c25c68badfb046a5d5c3a6051d32b38d1bce023e331bee
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/91845/dot_91845_DS1.pdf
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