Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parking

A Peek Into the Future of Metro Transit Station Parking

By Joe Linton | Aug 17, 2016 | 8 Comments

At today’s Metro board of directors Planning and Programming Committee the board and the public got its first look into Metro’s in-process plans for managing parking at transit stations. Metro has a couple of parking initiatives underway. The agency is creating its Supportive Transit Parking Program Master Plan (STPP) and a Parking Guidance System (PGS) […]

More Parking, Fewer Units Could Be Mar Vista Council Prescription for Venice Blvd Housing Project

By Jason Islas | Aug 8, 2016 | 15 Comments

Tomorrow night, the Mar Vista Community Council will hear from the public about a proposed mixed-use housing project slated for 12444 Venice Boulevard. The proposed project would replace an existing strip mall. The proposal is for a new 85-foot tall building with 77 units (seven of which would be affordable) and about 2,100 square feet of […]

Eyes on the Street: Metro Expo Line 2 Has Parking Available

By Joe Linton | Jun 8, 2016 | 33 Comments

Someone get the word out to all those eager Metro Expo Line riders that the L.A. Times, Los Angeles Magazine and KTLA5 were so concerned about! Get the word out to Pacific Palisades! Lo and behold, it turns out that there is actually plenty of car parking available along the newly-opened Metro Expo Line phase 2. […]

L.A. Moves Toward Returning Parking Meter Revenue To Neighborhoods

By Joe Linton | Apr 13, 2016 | 11 Comments

Parking expert Donald Shoup has long asserted that one cornerstone of smart parking policy is to return parking meter revenue to the neighborhoods where the revenue is generated. When parking meters feed an anonymous city general fund, as much of the city of L.A.’s meter revenue does, then parking meters are perceived as burden to communities. […]

Metro Committee Approves All-Paid Parking For 3 New Expo Stations

By Joe Linton | Mar 17, 2016 | 22 Comments

Yesterday, Metro’s Planning and Programming Committee approved the initial phase of the agency’s new Parking Management Pilot Program. The program is anticipated to begin with three new Expo station parking lots in May: Sepulveda, Bundy, and 17th Street. The pilot is anticipated to expand to nine rail station parking lots by Winter 2016. Here is how it […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Joe’s Parking and Vision Zero Comics

By Joe Linton | Feb 16, 2016 | 7 Comments

It’s a bit of shameless self-promotion, but I wanted to share of pair of comics pages that I drew. These comment on issues that many Streetsblog L.A. readers care about: parking and Vision Zero. I think that parking, of all the issues that dramatically affect cities, is highly misunderstood, and I wanted to see if […]

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