Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Reducing parking spaces

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Hi Doug!

If you were anywhere except Bloomington I would say:  check w/ your planning 
department before you even consider this course of action.  

But ... Bloomington is a leader is innovative city planning including funding 
an apartment building strictly for people who bicycle.  (People can own a car 
but it has to be parked far, far away as in:  not convenient to use.)

So ... given it's Bloomington ... would suggest using a carrot instead of a 
stick.  (People always respond to veggies better than inorganic materials.)  

How about households w/ no parking place get an early slot in choosing a home 
site?  Something like that.

BTW,  is Janet Greenblatt connected w/ your forming group?  If so ... tell her 
I said "hi!"

Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church VA
703-688-2646

On Jun 19, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Doug Hanvey wrote:

> 
> Our forming community would like to minimize the number of parking spaces
> per unit.  We've been thinking of ways to discourage on-site parking (we
> live in a bike-friendly town near a bus stop). One idea was to charge
> residents for the use of parking spaces. Does anyone have any experience
> with this, or suggestions for other unique ways of reducing/discouraging
> car use, and thus minimizing the need for parking spaces?
> 
> 
> 
> Doug Hanvey
> 
> Bloomington Cohousing
> 
> Bloomington, Indiana
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