ABSTRACT
Cities such as LA recognize that inefficient off-street parking policy is a barrier to new development, including affordable housing, and therefore to economic growth. In late 2022, after several attempts, the State of California passed Assembly Bill 2097, which requires cities to reform minimum rates policies. According to the author of the Bill: It seems that for years California has been trading housing for parking. There are still large gaps in the application of the rational pricing model, including the problem of subsidized and oversupplied 'park and ride', and this issue is discussed ahead in the section on the NoHo TOD project. While its traditional urban form defined the attractive downtown experience, it also provided limited opportunity for off-street parking. An initiative that has complemented the paid parking/PBD proposal has been the City's construction of three off-street parking garages, aligning on and off-street parking policies and price options to create parking choice.
