Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about parking

A Chicago Area Runner's Association Event at Montrose Beach. Photo: CARA

Runner’s association: Even with meters, driving to Montrose will still be cheaper than CTA

By John Greenfield | Mar 23, 2021 | No Comments

While CARA is portraying the new meters as an equity issue, driving to the beach will still be relatively cheap. The group's members simply don't want to pay for an amenity they're used to getting for free.

Efforts to restore the last Phyllis Wheatley Home, 5128 S. Michigan Avenue, which offered shelter to Black women during the Great Migration, could be jeopardized by King's ordinance. Image: Google Maps

New ordinance would hinder Black museums and galleries to preserve easy parking

By John Greenfield | Mar 21, 2021 | No Comments

Sustainable transportation advocates should add our voice to the chorus letting the City Council know that preserving African-American history and arts resources is more important than maintaining super-convenient street parking.

Rendering of the proposed development, which would squander the land on 834 parking spots.

DPD denies approval for car-centric 6 Corners Project that is “significantly overparked”

By John Greenfield | Feb 18, 2021 | No Comments

The proposal called for a staggering 834 parking spaces, with most of the land gobbled up by surface parking.

Rendering of the new Northwestern clinic.

Instead of spending millions on parking for a new clinic, why not subsidize transit use?

By Courtney Cobbs | Feb 11, 2021 | No Comments

After pushback from neighbors, Northwestern is spending $7 million more to move all 350 parking spots in its new clinic underground. Could some of these car trips be replaced with transit?

The transportation plan for the venue shows acres of possible event parking (blue.)

Possibility of tons of parking at music venue in Morton plant makes some advocates salty

By John Greenfield | Jan 27, 2021 | No Comments

"A new concert venue between Elston and the river would be great, but adding acres of surface parking near the Morton Salt site would be a giant step backwards."

“The Western” TOD next to the Western Blue Line Station. The development pairs 44 residential units with only 10 parking spaces. Photo: Borna Khoshand

Parking minimums hold developers back: Examining the impact of TOD ordinances

By Borna Khoshand | Jan 26, 2021 | No Comments

Comparing the amount of parking included in projects on transit-friendly land before and after the passage of Chicago's TOD ordinances shows developers are often glad to build less parking if allowed to do so.

Plastic fantastic: Nearly completed Milwaukee plastic-curb PBLs are functioning well

By John Greenfield | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments

Some business owners are grumbling about customers having to cross the street from their parking spaces, but CDOT says projects like this are the wave of the future.

A person using a wheelchair on the Lakefront Trail near Fullerton Avenue a few years ago. Photo: Michelle Stenzel

The lakefront parking ban is a barrier for disabled Chicagoans who want to access the trail

By Katie Prout | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments

It appears that Chicago's current lakefront parking ban doesn't make an exception for people with disabled parking placards.

Lincolnwood may save a bike lane plan that was almost scrapped due to parking worries

By John Greenfield | Dec 4, 2019 | No Comments

A new proposal calls for preserving one parking lane and installing a two-way protected bike lanes on the south side of the street.

The Treasure Island site. Photo: John Greenfield

Neighbors fear the Treasure Island TOD has too little parking, but it actually has too much

By John Greenfield | Oct 7, 2019 | 16 Comments

The development, steps from the Red Line and express buses, will have 246 apartments and 107 parking spaces.

While a flier circulated by a neighbor called the development proposed for this parking lot "supersized," half of the building would be only about three feet taller than this four-story building next door, and the other half would be considerably shorter. Photo: John Greenfield

Most Beacon Street Neighbors Agree: 9 Units With 10 Spots Won’t Create a Parking Crunch

By Courtney Cobbs and John Greenfield | Jul 11, 2019 | 11 Comments

At Tuesday's community meeting, residents voiced concerns about density and the community input process, but most reached a consensus that 1.11 parking spots per household is sufficient.

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