ABSTRACT
To counter the problem of excessive minimum parking requirements, academics and practitioners have advocated a new suite of parking policies, including reduced parking requirements and demand-based prices for on-street parking. Like most cities in the United States, Los Angeles has included minimum parking requirements in its zoning and building codes for nearly a century. The automobile was only beginning its ascent to modal dominance in Los Angeles when minimum parking requirements were codified. As a result, parking spaces grew faster than cars, leading to a significant oversupply of parking. The growth of parking has varied across the county. Since 1950, much of the growth in parking occurred outside the urban core in low-density residential and commercial developments. In fact, the central business district has the highest density of parking spaces, most of which are associated with non-residential development. This abundance of parking in areas with high-quality transit and dense mixed-use development limits transit use, cycling, and walking.
