TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012 6:00 PM–8:00 PM
A symposium on the true costs of parking and new strategies for making parking work, featuring parking expert and innovator Donald Shoup, PhD.
Accommodating the automobile requires a lot of parking. Providing all this parking has had a profound eff ect on our communities, literally reshaping them. Through parking requirements we have come to expect free or cheap parking at every destination. However, parking is not free or cheap for any of us. The cost of providing this “free” parking is hidden in the costs of virtually every other good and service we buy – from a cup of cof fee to rent. We also experience costs in time spent ‘hunting’ for a space, tra ffic-fi lled neighborhoods, less walking,and a severe loss of tree canopy and green space. Join ULI Louisiana as we learn about the eff ects of our current approach to parking and alternatives to managing parking that can help make our city a better place to live.
Kurt Weigle – Executive Director, Downtown Dev. District
Marcel Wisznia – Principal, Wisznia Associates HRI Properties
New Orleans City Planning Commission
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Donald Shoup – Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA
For more information or to Register online, please visit the Urban Land Institute.
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