BeerNut 1946 Posted July 9, 2019 Americans Shouldn’t Have to Drive, but the Law Insists on It Quote In large part because of parking quotas, parking lots now cover more than a third of the land area of some U.S. cities; Houston is estimated to have 30 parking spaces for every resident. As the UCLA urban-planning professor Donald Shoup has written, this mismatch flows from legal mandates rather than market demand. Every employee who brings a car to the office essentially doubles the amount of space he takes up at work, and in urban areas his employer may be required by law to build him a $50,000 garage parking space. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cspwal 3237 Posted July 9, 2019 Can I designate where my 30 spaces are, and keep them reserved? 10 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLWM8609 557 Posted July 12, 2019 Good news for car collectors! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angostura 1192 Posted July 12, 2019 Expansion to the Market Based Parking area (the parts of the city exempt from parking minimums) is on the city council agenda for next week. 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Texasota 1961 Posted July 12, 2019 Woo! Finally! Choose wisely City Council! (as in, please approve expansion) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Houston19514 3613 Posted July 14, 2019 I don't think there is much question this will be approved. I think city council has been on board and ready to approve this for quite.some time. They've only been waiting for the mayor to put it.on their agenda. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angostura 1192 Posted July 15, 2019 I suspect the reason for the delay was to make sure it passed once it came up. They've carved out the eastern half of Midtown (the area originally extended to 59), which was probably the price for someone's support. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rechlin 2828 Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/12/2019 at 10:02 AM, Angostura said: Expansion to the Market Based Parking area (the parts of the city exempt from parking minimums) is on the city council agenda for next week. And it passed: And an article about it: https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/2019/07/17/houston-extends-minimum-parking-exemptions-east-end-midtown 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H-Town Man 4134 Posted July 22, 2019 The negative comments are astonishing. "We have parking requirements to protect neighborhoods" - Councilman Mike Laster. Protect them from what, parallel parking? "Walk for two blocks, it's not going to happen" - Councilman Greg Travis. Why not? It happens all the time. Kind of a reminder that the old Houston is still alive, although thankfully diminished in power. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmac 267 Posted July 23, 2019 On 7/9/2019 at 3:00 PM, BeerNut said: Americans Shouldn’t Have to Drive, but the Law Insists on It I want someone to go out and count the 60 million parking spaces we're supposed to have. I think we got gypped. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
texas911 83 Posted August 4, 2019 Misleading, as a lot of cars that park in Houston aren't from Houston but from the suburbs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
