Off-street Parking in 15 US Cities | Published in Findings
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By Shirin Qiam, Lewis J. Lehe. This paper measures surface parking in 15 U.S. cities using satellite imagery and deep learning, providing statistics, maps, and analysis that reveal variation and distinct spatial patterns across urban areas.

According to this new study, off-street parking takes up:

🔹14% of downtown Minneapolis

🔹 15.6% of downtown Phoenix

🔹 20.5% of downtown Dallas

🔹 22.3% of downtown Los Angeles

🔹 31.7% of downtown Tulsa

  • ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Mandatory parking minimums will just incentivize driving and make biking even worse, even if you also install some bike parking near the streets. It’ll make all buildings more expensive because they’ll need double the land so they can have the off-street parking you want, everything will be spaced further apart because half the land is dedicated to parking, and inevitably the streets will become more car friendly because everyone is driving anyway, might as well try to get the drivers where they want quickly and efficiently.

    • Hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I support mandatory parking minimums, for bicycles. Many american cities are adding bike lanes to streets. You could bike there, but outside of the central core of the city there is no guarantee there will be any place to lock up the bike on arrival.

      Parking minimums for bikes, parking maximums for cars.