| Introduction |
Obviously, parking is expensive. It increases
the dollar cost of housing, reduces density, and detracts from quality
design and provision of amenities. However, these costs need to be more
effectively determined and communicated to local policy makers and communities.
Understanding the costs more systematically will not only back up an
argument for parking reductions, but it will help developers make better
decisions on policy and management issues. This section explores
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| Purpose |
- To provide strategies for communicating the costs of parking in the
context of housing.
- To present examples of parking costs to be used in cost estimation
and policy discussions
- To make available NPH's analysis which looked at how parking impacts
development costs and density under regional development conditions.
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| Content |
- Ways to Assess and Communicate
Costs: Strategies for communication to
policy-makers include communicating the dollar, density, design, and
auto-dependence costs of parking. In general, presenting scenarios is an
effective tool for communicating costs.
- Examples Parking
Costs: This page provides a list of cases and studies which quantify parking
costs.
- NPH Analysis of Bay Area Development Costs:
The Bay Area has a unique development profile. Land costs and construction
costs are high, zoning is often low density. This exacerbates the impact
on housing costs of requiring parking.
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