More Housing with Less Parking?

What is happening? Permanent Land use rules in Oregon are expected to eliminate parking space requirements for the largest 8 cities.

Why is this important? The goals of not requiring parking space minimums for homes and businesses are to address climate change, encouraging compact, climate-friendly communities, and “address severe housing shortages by making it easier, safer and more affordable to live and work without a car.”

How will this be important? Mortgage Bankers Association did a study on parking spaces and found that parking spaces outnumber homes 27 to 1 in Jackson, Wyoming; in Seattle, there are 13 people per acre and 29 parking spaces per acre; and Des Moines, Iowa, has 83,141 households and 1.6 million parking spots.

Governing | Less Parking Could Mean More Housing