{"164511":{"#nid":"164511","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Parking kills Public Space","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMinimum parking requirements dictate the scale of a city and render an environment unwalkable argues a 2012 Georgia Tech applied research paper. \u0026nbsp;In \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/xmlui\/handle\/1853\/43478\u0022\u003EParking: Its Effect on the Form and the Experience of the City\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d Stephen Taul (MCRP \u201912) claims parking regulations must be redesigned to prioritize the pedestrian and promote efficient use of space if a city is serious about encouraging social interaction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaul places three urban districts\u0026nbsp;at the center of his detailed analysis of Atlanta\u0027s parking: Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead.\u0026nbsp; While all three districts follow many of the prescriptions of New Urbanist parking guidelines such as hiding the parking in the rear of a building or integrating parking into the ground level of a large structure, street level activity nevertheless suffers due to large lot sizes and individual ownership of parking facilities. \u0026nbsp;To estimate the amount of street activity generated by parking, parcel data was used to show the locations in Atlanta with parking as a principle land use.\u0026nbsp; Representative locations were then analyzed individually and cross-compared with parcel analysis of cities with strong public realms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn order to create a more walkable urban district, Taul contends cities must regulate the amount, ownership, and design of parking through five basic principles. \u0026nbsp;These rules include: parking requirements based on factors of walkability, required shared parking, common ownership of parking, maximized on-street parking, and direct connections from off-street parking to the public sidewalk. \u0026nbsp;By offering alternatives to the \u201cout of sight, out of mind\u201d approach that pervades modern transportation planning discussions about parking, Taul\u2019s 2012 applied research paper challenges a lingering obstacle to the successful design of truly walkable cities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStephen Taul is a 2012 graduate of Georgia Tech\u0027s School of City and Regional Planning, and\u0026nbsp;advising for his applied research paper was conducted by Associate Professor Richard Dagenhart.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Parking: Its Effect on the Form and the Experience of the City"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECurrent parking regulations in Atlanta destroy opportunities for social interaction and must be redesigned to prioritize the pedestrian argues a 2012 Georgia Tech applied research paper.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Current parking regulations in Atlanta destroy opportunities for social interaction and must be redesigned to prioritize the pedestrian argues a 2012 Georgia Tech applied research paper."}],"uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2012-10-23 09:57:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:02","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"164501":{"id":"164501","type":"image","title":"Parking Garage","body":null,"created":"1449178920","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:00","changed":"1475894799","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:39","alt":"Parking Garage","file":{"fid":"195500","name":"parking_garage.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/parking_garage_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/parking_garage_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":16214,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/parking_garage_0.jpg?itok=B_uuTJwB"}}},"media_ids":["164501"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"45481","name":"applied research paper"},{"id":"47471","name":"masters paper"},{"id":"47461","name":"masters thesis"},{"id":"170","name":"parking"},{"id":"47481","name":"parking design"},{"id":"45271","name":"transportation planning"},{"id":"227","name":"urban design"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}