Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parking

Anatomy of a Scandal: City Axes “Gold Card” Line to Fix Parking Tix

By Damien Newton | May 23, 2011 | 2 Comments

Last Thursday, Los Angeles Comptroller Wendy Greuel released the findings of an audit of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s parking program to address shortcomings in revenue collection. Greuel’s report identified a couple of areas that needed addressing to maximize revenue, but the item that caught the media’s attention was the so-called “Gold Card Desk” […]

Can Nothing Stop the Idea of Privatizing City-Owned Parking Garages?

By Damien Newton | May 11, 2011 | 7 Comments

Like a once-vanquished zombie rising from its grave in a poorly conceived sequel, the city is reportedly considering a series of plans that would hand over control and profit for nine city-owned parking garages to a private entity. Last January, the City Council rejected a proposal by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to begin soliciting bids for […]

A.B. 710 Sails Through Committee, No Date Yet for Full Assembly Hearing

By Damien Newton | Apr 27, 2011 | 9 Comments

Earlier today, A.B. 710, the Infill Development and Sustainable Community Act of 2011, sailed through a hearing of the California State Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development. If adopted, A.B. 710 would drop minimum parking requirements for infill development in “transit intensive areas” down to one car per residential unit or per 1,000 square […]

City Considering New Rules Allowing Communities More Control Over Car Parking Requirements

By Damien Newton | Apr 13, 2011 | 6 Comments

As the city considers a proposal that would increase bicycle parking at new developments, a second progressive parking proposal is beginning to move through the public process. This draft ordinance, available here, would allow for neighborhood parking districts to be created that would allow much greater flexibility for car parking requirements for new development. The […]

City Planning for Its Parking Lot Future, Now That Privitization Is Off the Table

By Damien Newton | Apr 6, 2011 | 2 Comments

With the Mayor’s proposal to lease out the maintenance, revenue collection, and profits of the city garages killed by the City Council earlier this year, the city has begun to move forward with other plans to maximize the revenue and efficiency of the city’s publicly owned parking spaces and lots. On Monday, the City Council […]

Up Next for Expo: Should Westwood Station Have Car Parking

By Damien Newton | Mar 7, 2011 | 93 Comments

Now that the Expo Construction Authority has the legal green light to begin construction of Phase II of the Expo Line, it can move on to other issues. Responding to a motion at the February 5, 2010 meeting of the Expo Construction Authority by Zev Yaroslavsky, Expo staff have put together a presentation listing the […]

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