tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post2080827945139593321..comments2024-03-22T16:02:08.213-05:00Comments on The Wheel: Rows of Vegetables or Rows of CarsMark Stegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-77885725846326719592012-04-03T23:38:26.973-05:002012-04-03T23:38:26.973-05:00Look at the Pot Belly/Starbuck's combination a...Look at the Pot Belly/Starbuck's combination at Campbell and 75. Richardson decided to allow parking in the hotel lot at their disagreement to account for the needed parking of that corner. I guess if they can create the zoning, they can decide to ignore it too. Hotel is still not happy though. <br /><br />Busy, busy, busy work til something tangible comes along!!Sassy Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498774040581968874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-19941822572629298182012-03-30T20:11:50.960-05:002012-03-30T20:11:50.960-05:00Patrick Kennedy cites someone (can't remember)...Patrick Kennedy cites someone (can't remember) that there's four spaces for every car in America. Most suburban city governments place parking minimums for retail at a level to support parking based on the busiest days of the year. When you combine that with the fact that we have four times as much (per capita) retail as other first world countries, it's a lot of unused parking spaces. <br /><br />It should be noted that those of the small government persuasion ought to be in favor of lowering parking minimums (meaning less spaces are required). If the business thinks it needs 100 spaces, that's fine; but it shouldn't be written in the code without regard to context.Gabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541603234937966417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-91540135532705189202012-03-29T12:37:58.629-05:002012-03-29T12:37:58.629-05:00An article in the New York times estimates that th...An <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/opinion/when-a-parking-lot-is-so-much-more.html" rel="nofollow">article</a> in the <i>New York times</i> estimates that there are over 800 million non-residential parking spaces in the US. In cities such as Los Angeles, one-third of the land area is taken up by parking lots. I'd say this country is maybe a tad over-parked.Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-32295688455004431542012-03-29T12:26:35.127-05:002012-03-29T12:26:35.127-05:00I agree the minimum parking requirements seem too ...I agree the minimum parking requirements seem too high. I live near Campbell and Coit and there is way more parking in that area than is needed. I have never seen the lots more than 50% full.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com