One of the comments on the Curbed article points out that the Wilshire Grand (all 1100 feet of it) will have 635 fewer parking spaces than the Casden development.
The Expo/Sepulveda station is already going to be a park-and-ride, too.
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Originally Posted by 202_Cyclist
Agreed, the amount of parking is grotesque. Not to play city-vs-city but there was a 65-unit mixed-use apartment building next to one of our metro stations in DC that was approved last summer with zero off-street parking. Depending on how much these units are rented for, the building above next to the Expo. Line should have 0.5 to 1 parking spaces per unit.
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A few months back, the city approved a new specific plan for the area northeast of downtown in which parking minimums were eliminated altogether. Instead, developers can decide based on market conditions. Of course, we're talking about a less wealthy/more transit dependent part of LA.
It will be a while before parking becomes optional for the wealthier/auto dominated westside. Once Expo reaches Sepulveda, hopefully we'll see further shifts in attitude.
Another positive development from the past month or so was the new ordinance which allows bike parking to be substituted for auto parking. Not sure how much that substitution will be utilized in the near future, but it's step in the right direction.