LA Explained: Is There Too Much Parking or Never Enough?
There is too much parking in LA. There is too little parking in LA. Discuss.
Will reducing parking spaces make urban life better? More cities are trying it
We give our cars a lot of room. There's a growing effort to reclaim it.
No Parking Here
Los Angeles has the space to solve it's housing and transportation problems, it just needs right priorities. LA County has more than 110,000 acres of parking, enough to pave over Manhattan 7.5 times. Turning 10% of these parking spaces into homes could easily satisfy the current 550,000 home deficit for low-income renters. More than $1 Billion is spent every year just building new parking in Los Angeles.