Houston is estimated to have 30 parking spaces for every resident

[BeerNut 1303]

Americans Shouldn’t Have to Drive, but the Law Insists on It

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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.

 

[cspwal 2735]

Can I designate where my 30 spaces are, and keep them reserved?

[JLWM8609 543]

Good news for car collectors! 

[Angostura 916]

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.

 

 

[Texasota 1483]

Woo! Finally! Choose wisely City Council! (as in, please approve expansion)

[Houston19514 2974]

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.

[Angostura 916]

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.

[rechlin 2459]

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

[H-Town Man 3325]

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.

 

 

[gmac 214]

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.

[texas911 59]

Misleading, as a lot of cars that park in Houston aren't from Houston but from the suburbs.