Projects
Principal Investigator:
Mark HansenFunding Source:
Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation CenterProgram Area(s):
Parking, Public TransitThis capstone project was completed in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Master of Urban & Regional Planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
Principal Investigator:
Katelyn StanglFunding Source:
Statewide Transportation Research Program & Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation CenterProgram Area(s):
ParkingParking minimums have been criticized for requiring developers to build more parking than they would without regulation; however, to date, few studies have explored why there might be variation in how much parking is built or why developers might willingly build parking above the minimums. To answer these questions, I assembled a sample of residential and mixed-use developments approved for construction in Los Angeles between 2013 and 2018 and analyzed if any development or neighborhood characteristics predicted parking above the minimum. I also interviewed 11 developers and real-estate professionals about parking minimums.
Principal Investigator:
Anthony FonsecaFunding Source:
Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation CenterProgram Area(s):
ParkingThe advent of autonomous vehicles (AV) has spurred much discussion as to the implication of AV technology on parking demand in the urban environment. I conducted this research with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning as my client to discover what barriers and opportunities there are for the development of adaptable parking as well as what policies the City could employ to encourage development of adaptable parking structures should parking demand decrease in the future. Through my research I found that developers’ business models and timelines have a heavy weight in considerations made for implementing strategies to ensure parking structure adaptability. Another key finding is that low vacancy, high costs of development, and supply constrained markets are more favorable for building adaptable parking structures. Finally, my research finds that prioritizing the form of the parking structure in development standards and shifting emphasis from parking minimums towards the spatial efficiency of the parking layout can help promote adaptability.
Principal Investigator:
Michael ManvilleFunding Source:
Statewide Transportation Research Program & Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation CenterProgram Area(s):
ParkingA growing consensus among economists and economic geographers suggests that America’s most constrained housing markets, and in particular the constrained housing markets on California’s coast, impose high costs not just on people in those markets but on the nation as a whole, by inhibiting migration and placing a drag on productivity. Strict zoning regulations prevent people from moving to areas where they would be most productive, imposing costs that are quiet and atomized but that collectively are large. Despite gaining increasing attention in the last ten years, parking requirements remain relatively overlooked in the literature on land use restrictions. Existing attempts to quantify land use restrictiveness do not measure the stringency of minimum parking requirements, even though parking requirements are often the binding constraint on dense development.The research team proposes examining the relationship between minimum parking requirements, urban land markets, and travel behavior, using Silicon Valley as a case study. The team will specifically examine how minimum parking requirements: (1) Shape the locations and characteristics of new development, (2) Distort the location of firms and weaken agglomeration economies, and (3) Make driving less expensive.
Principal Investigator:
Ryland LuFunding Source:
Statewide Transportation Research ProgramProgram Area(s):
New Mobility, ParkingOver the past 5 years, ride-sourcing platforms have experienced tremendous growth in American cities. Despite indications by recent studies that ride-sourcing vehicles substitute for vehicle travel and reduce parking demand, policymakers and academics have ignored the implications of ride-sourcing use for curb space allocation, which traditionally favors long-term vehicle occupancy. This thesis will examine whether designation of curb space for long-term vehicle occupancy induces ride-sourcing pick up and drop off activity in travel lanes through observation of curb use on two arterial corridors in Los Angeles perceived to have a high level of ride-sourcing activity. Comparative analysis of curb occupancy with the number of passengers ride-sourcing and other vehicles transport to the curb can reveal the extent to which ride-sourcing pick ups and drop offs make for a more productive use of the curb than vehicle parking (potentially justifying the re-designation of curb space used for vehicle parking as ride-sourcing pick up zone(s)).
Principal Investigator:
Miriam PinskiFunding Source:
Statewide Transportation Research Program & Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation CenterProgram Area(s):
Parking, Transportation & CommunitiesCalifornia has dual policy goals to reduce vehicle dependency and make housing more affordable. Parking requirements can hide the cost of storing a vehicle in housing costs, making driving seem to be a more attractive option for vehicle owners than using alternative modes of transportation.While researchers have already identified the link between driving behavior and bundled parking, no study has studied this link using a national-level data set that includes detailed data on a household’s travel behavior and whether that household’s housing cost includes parking. In this study I will use data from the 2013 American Housing Survey to determine whether the presence of bundled parking influences a household’s transportation mode choice. I hypothesize that the presence of bundled parking will reduce vehicle use. This provides further evidence for the already strong case against parking requirements.