Off-street Parking in 15 US Cities | Published in Findings
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By Shirin Qiam, Lewis J. Lehe. This paper measures surface parking in 15 U.S. cities using satellite imagery and deep learning, providing statistics, maps, and analysis that reveal variation and distinct spatial patterns across urban areas.

According to this new study, off-street parking takes up:

🔹14% of downtown Minneapolis

🔹 15.6% of downtown Phoenix

🔹 20.5% of downtown Dallas

🔹 22.3% of downtown Los Angeles

🔹 31.7% of downtown Tulsa

  • COASTER1921@lemmy.mlEnglish
    31·
    5 days ago

    There are a few garages with validated parking in downtown Dallas. But ultimately charging for parking in a downtown makes sense, that same space could be used for economically productive purposes rather than holding a car. Mandating we build even more parking would only make traffic worse and lead to an underutilized downtown. If it’s too expensive, DART stations have free parking and the train to get downtown is only is $3 ($6 for a day pass).

    • shyguyblue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Yeah, when i lived in mesquite, the dart was a non-option. By the time i got to the nearest station, I could have parked and grabbed a Starbucks in downtown.

      Now when I lived in/near Garland, the dart was absolutely a life saver, even though my company had a comped parking garage, it was easier to let the dart take me into downtown.

      I’m in fort Worth now and can say, fuck TxDOT and the imbeciles they’ve allowed to completely fuck up the rest of the state. You can take my roundabouts (or “traffic circles” because Texas politicians are humorless dicks) from my cold dead hands.