Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parking

Metro Proposes Pilot For All-Paid Parking At Nine Stations

By Joe Linton | Feb 10, 2016 | 66 Comments

The Metro board will hear a promising proposal [PDF] that increases paid parking at nine stations on three Metro rail lines. According to The Source, the proposal will be presented to the Metro board this month, voted on in March, and go into effect in May if approved. Charging for station parking was recommended under […]

Take Metro’s Parking Survey, Keep Up With Metro’s Parking Master Plan

By Joe Linton | Jan 4, 2016 | 24 Comments

Metro’s The Source announced an online survey in which the agency is soliciting input on its station parking. Take the survey here – participants are eligible to win a monthly transit pass. Metro’s survey is one of the first steps in Metro’s Supportive Transit Parking Program (STPP) Master Plan. Streetsblog readers will recall that SBLA has been […]

Councilmember Bonin Introduces Seven Parking Reform Motions

By Joe Linton | Dec 8, 2015 | 29 Comments

Today, Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin introduced seven council motions [PDF] that would reform parking. The motions are wide-ranging: from diverting parking meter revenue back into neighborhoods where it is generated, to tiering parking ticket fines, to expanding dynamic pricing via Express Park. The motions grew out of recommendations from Mayor Garcetti’s Los Angeles Parking […]

Eyes On the Street: Cars Parking On Sidewalks

By Joe Linton | Dec 2, 2015 | 35 Comments

The latest reports show that L.A. County has 18.6 million parking spaces, a whopping 14 percent of developed land. But apparently drivers want even more. It may be just anecdotal in my neighborhood – which is Koreatown near East Hollywood – but it seems like I am seeing more and more cars parking on sidewalks and curbs. […]

18.6 Million Spaces and Still Rising: Study Puts L.A. Parking in Perspective

By Joe Linton | Dec 1, 2015 | 17 Comments

There is a fascinating new L.A. County parking study making the rounds. Metro’s The Source summarizes it stating, “Look around and there’s an awful lot of space devoted to parking and a lot of it is under-used a lot of the time.” Curbed incorporates GIFs showing the inexorable growth of L.A. parking, and leads with the […]

Variable-Priced L.A. Express Park Expands to Westwood

By Joe Linton | Nov 6, 2015 | No Comments

At a press event yesterday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Councilmember Paul Koretz celebrated the expansion of L.A. Express Park to Westwood. Westwood has long had a reputation for being a difficult area to park. Express Park should, over time, make finding a parking space there easier. This is good for number of […]

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