The Future of Parking, Today

1. Parking: Not as Bad as You Think;
Worse Than You Realize
New Brunswick, NJ
March 10, 2017
Rachel Weinberger, Ph.D.
Weinberger & Associates
Brooklyn, NY

2. Defining the Problem:
Too little parking

3. Require More Parking!
Problem solved, right?

4. Failure to coordinate gives the
wrong impression
Ahmedabad Harbin

5. Introduced some new problems
• Parking is
overwhelming
oversupplied.
• in the US small
and medium
downtowns on
average 65%.
• With no
discernable
effect on
perceptions of
shortages.

6. Efforts to coordinate

7. Impractical to Regulate as
Accessory to Land Use

8. Land uses change, buildings are
durable
Use Required Parking
Church 210 spaces
Nightclub 115 spaces
Retail mall 90 spaces

9. Adaptive reuse
Berkeley Recreational Bowl circa 1970 Any Mountain circa 2013
Use Required Parking
Bowling alley 90 spaces
Grocery store 120 spaces
Outdoor gear (clothing) 120 spaces

10. Failed Reuse Attempts

11. Better to Share
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200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
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200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
31% Less Residential
Office
Restaurant
Residential
Restaurant
Office
Shared Actual Usage Unshared Supply