Can Reducing Parking Encourage Urban Center Villages?

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels wants to encourage the creation of "urban center villages" by reducing the number of required minimum parking spaces for new multifamily housing.

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March 30, 2005, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"As bad as it is now, parking on Capitol Hill -- Seattle's densest neighborhood -- may get even worse under a proposal by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels. The mayor wants to reduce the number of required minimum parking spaces for new multifamily housing on much of Capitol Hill and in two other neighborhoods: First Hill and the University District.

The intent: to spur additional affordable housing and advance the city's goal of creating 'urban center villages,' where people live, shop and work in one area, with fewer cars..."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Parking tight in Seattle? Mayor plans to squeeze it more

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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