Alternative Parking Technologies: Innovations in Oakland Tour

Land costs, construction costs, entitlements and permitting costs are growing major impediments to delivering housing in the Bay Area. Adequate parking is often cited as important to a project’s success at nearly every level of the development process. In the long term, autonomous vehicles, public transit, bicycles and pedestrian-friendly streets, and work-housing proximity are alternatives with vast potential to creating livable communities. In the meantime, developers, city officials, and land use professionals all recognize that accommodating adequate vehicle parking is…