Atlanta Revisits Downtown Parking

The city is responding to a new parking survey by adding uniform public parking signage and revising its parking structure zoning.

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March 21, 2007, 10:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"Contrary to public perception, downtown Atlanta has plenty of parking. It's just that the parking is not always easy to find."

A recent study identified nearly 95,000 parking spaces in downtown Atlanta -- and measure the combined occupancy of all parking was 66 percent. Yet a lack of signage was preventing full utilization.

"The Atlanta City Council also is considering new zoning regulations for downtown, which will make all new surface parking lots and stand-alone decks illegal in much of the central business district. The regulations also will reinforce that all parking structures have retail or other activity at street level.

This is not a new idea. In 2001, the Midtown community passed a new zoning ordinance that restricted new parking lots and stand-alone decks. It also required developers to mask parking garages and to have retail on the ground floor.

It's a concept that downtown and other business nodes have endorsed. Nothing destroys a vibrant city street more than a dead parking lot or a parking deck with a blank wall."

FULL STORY: Ample downtown parking, but city could curb ugly decks

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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