Abstract:
THE CITY "PARKING PROBLEM" IS DEFINED AND A NUMBER OF PROPOSED SOLUTIONS ARE APPRAISED. ONE IS SELECTED THAT GIVES PROMISE OF BEING A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE UNIVERSAL SOLUTION. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT CITIES ADOPT AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THAT EVERY NEW COMMECRIAL BUILDING REGARDED AS A TRAFFIC GENERATOR PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR THE PARKING OF AUTOS AND LOADING AND UNLOADING OF TRUCKS. ADEQUACY WOULD BE DEFINED IN THE LAW BY A SCHEDULE--ONE PARKING OR TRUCK LOADING SPACE FOR SO MANY SQUARE FEET OF INTERIOR BUILDING SPACE, VARYING WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUILDINGS. THIS LAW WOULD ACT AT ONCE AS A STOPPER ON THE FURTHER AGGRAVATION OF THE PROBLEM FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. IF THIS ORDINANCE IS PROVED EFFECTIVE, A SECOND IS SUGGESTED REQUIRING EXISTING BUILDINGS TO MAKE SIMILAR PROVISIONS WITHIN A 5 TO 10-YEAR PERIOD OF GRACE. THIS WOULD IMMEDIATELY INDUCE AMPLE PROVISION FOR PARKING AND TRUCK LOADING SPACE IN BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND AT THE SAME TIME, GENERATE A WHOLESALE REHABILITATION OF CITIES. /AUTHOR/
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Discussers:
Williams, L; Barnett, J; FELD, J
