Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about parking

Rendering of the new Northwestern clinic.

Instead of spending millions on parking for a new clinic, why not subsidize transit use?

By Courtney Cobbs | Feb 11, 2021 | No Comments

After pushback from neighbors, Northwestern is spending $7 million more to move all 350 parking spots in its new clinic underground. Could some of these car trips be replaced with transit?

The transportation plan for the venue shows acres of possible event parking (blue.)

Possibility of tons of parking at music venue in Morton plant makes some advocates salty

By John Greenfield | Jan 27, 2021 | No Comments

"A new concert venue between Elston and the river would be great, but adding acres of surface parking near the Morton Salt site would be a giant step backwards."

“The Western” TOD next to the Western Blue Line Station. The development pairs 44 residential units with only 10 parking spaces. Photo: Borna Khoshand

Parking minimums hold developers back: Examining the impact of TOD ordinances

By Borna Khoshand | Jan 26, 2021 | No Comments

Comparing the amount of parking included in projects on transit-friendly land before and after the passage of Chicago's TOD ordinances shows developers are often glad to build less parking if allowed to do so.

Plastic fantastic: Nearly completed Milwaukee plastic-curb PBLs are functioning well

By John Greenfield | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments

Some business owners are grumbling about customers having to cross the street from their parking spaces, but CDOT says projects like this are the wave of the future.

A person using a wheelchair on the Lakefront Trail near Fullerton Avenue a few years ago. Photo: Michelle Stenzel

The lakefront parking ban is a barrier for disabled Chicagoans who want to access the trail

By Katie Prout | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments

It appears that Chicago's current lakefront parking ban doesn't make an exception for people with disabled parking placards.

Lincolnwood may save a bike lane plan that was almost scrapped due to parking worries

By John Greenfield | Dec 4, 2019 | No Comments

A new proposal calls for preserving one parking lane and installing a two-way protected bike lanes on the south side of the street.

The Treasure Island site. Photo: John Greenfield

Neighbors fear the Treasure Island TOD has too little parking, but it actually has too much

By John Greenfield | Oct 7, 2019 | 16 Comments

The development, steps from the Red Line and express buses, will have 246 apartments and 107 parking spaces.

While a flier circulated by a neighbor called the development proposed for this parking lot "supersized," half of the building would be only about three feet taller than this four-story building next door, and the other half would be considerably shorter. Photo: John Greenfield

Most Beacon Street Neighbors Agree: 9 Units With 10 Spots Won’t Create a Parking Crunch

By Courtney Cobbs and John Greenfield | Jul 11, 2019 | 11 Comments

At Tuesday's community meeting, residents voiced concerns about density and the community input process, but most reached a consensus that 1.11 parking spots per household is sufficient.

Excessive parking requirements result in low-density development that wastes land. Image: CNT

Too Much Parking Makes Neighborhoods Less Equitable, but eTOD Can Help

By Lynda Lopez | Mar 8, 2019 | 14 Comments

While excessive parking can jack up housing costs, affordable TOD can reduce transportation expenses for low-income and working-class residents.

Rendering of the "kinetic" facade that will mask 326 car spots at 333 North Green Street. Image: Sterling Bay, design by Gensler

Lipstick on a Pig: An Arty “Kinetic” Facade Won’t Redeem a Too-Large Garage

By John Greenfield | Dec 7, 2018 | 7 Comments

Even with an interesting aesthetic treatment, a garage that will bring hundreds of cars to an already traffic-choked neighborhood will be a blight on the community.

A bill in the City Council would roughly double residential parking requirements throughout Philadelphia, raising housing costs. Photo: PlanPhilly

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Will Philadelphia Reverse Its Progress on Parking Requirements?

By Angie Schmitt | May 17, 2018 | No Comments

Lower parking requirements have encouraged construction of housing instead of car storage, but the reforms still face political resistance.

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