Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parking

Cyclists, Hikers Urge Park Advisory Board To End Griffith Park Parking Trial

By Joe Linton | Mar 27, 2015 | 7 Comments

Last night, over a hundred people who walk or bike in and near Griffith Park attended the Griffith Park Advisory Board meeting to express opposition to a current 3-week trial allowing cars on formerly car-free Mount Hollywood Drive. In an attempt to deal with the problem of “too much traffic,” the city of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks […]

Griffith Park Traffic Response: Poorly Defined Free Parking Expansion Pilot

By Joe Linton | Mar 24, 2015 | 28 Comments

The city of Los Angeles’ Griffith Park is a 4000+acre green-space gem at the heart of highly developed region. Since the early 1990s, the park has had an extensive network of closed-to-cars paved roads that crisscross many of its wilderness hillsides. These roads offer a quiet respite from the city, plus incredible views. Like other car-free spaces, they […]

ULI FutureBuild2015 Recap: Peeks at Future Transportation and Parking

By Joe Linton | Jan 28, 2015 | 8 Comments

Streetsblog L.A. was a media sponsor of yesterday’s Future Build Los Angeles 2015 conference which showcased “trends, people and forces remaking the built environment.” The event was hosted by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) L.A. in partnership with VerdeXchange. Many individual speakers and panelists touched on topics pertinent to Streetsblog. City of Los Angeles Deputy […]

Times, ABC7, and Metro Parking Stories Are Wrong and Misleading

By Joe Linton | Oct 22, 2014 | 36 Comments

Yesterday, the L.A. Times ran Lack of Parking Drives Many Away from Mass Transit, an article by Laura Nelson. The Times starts with the example of a San Fernando Valley Metro Red Line commuter nearly missing grabbing a parking space. This leads to assertions of “parking shortages” on “L.A.’s light-rail system [sic – Red Line is […]

New CA Database Shows How Much Parking Costs and How Little It’s Used

By Melanie Curry | Oct 17, 2014 | 2 Comments

Zoning laws in California usually require new developments to come with a minimum number of parking spaces. Housing, restaurants, stores, movie theaters — everything requires some number of parking spaces, theoretically based on the best available data. Usually that data is whatever is listed in the Institute of Transportation Engineer’s (ITE) Parking Generation Manual. Since that manual […]

Park(ing) Day L.A. Wrap and A Peek Into the Future of Parking In L.A.

By Joe Linton | Sep 22, 2014 | No Comments

Worldwide, last Friday’s Park(ing) Day saw street creativity on six continents. Park(ing) Day L.A. hosted a number of creative efforts that help Angelenos reconsider just what we’re doing with all that street real estate. Below is a quick run-down of some Southern California Park(ing) Day sites I enjoyed (apologies to the other great Park(ing) sites […]

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