Attractive Parking Garages This article talks about the growing trend of making parking garages
attractive, mixed use structures. David Sucher talks about making parking
an integral part of your urban fabric, because cars aren't going anywhere.
You need to make them less destructive. I think the trend towards
attractive parking structures is a big step forward towards solving
cities' parking problems.
For example, the parking/traffic situation in Uptown is pretty bad. I
think Uptown needs to reduce the amount of surface parking available to
non-residents to keep traffic off residential side streets by developing a
municipal or private ramp from which developers can "buy" or "trade"
parking stops. This would enable denser development in a more pedestrian-
and neighborhood-friendly way.
I would've liked to see some discussion of automatic parking ramps, which
are able to pack even more cars into the same space.
Robotic Parking is one US
vendor that builds these structure. They're more popular in Europe, where
space is at a premium.
(Via Planetizen)
Keith Schneider, Michigan Land Use Institute:
Winning
Downtowns Stack Their Decks: The age of attractive parking structures has
arrived.
Posted at 17:25
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