Jacob Reager, transportation division director at the Denver Regional Council of Governments, told a Metro Vision ID Exchange that the region's transportation plan and an accompanying mitigation action plan list reducing or eliminating minimum parking requirements as a concrete strategy to meet the Colorado Greenhouse Gas Transportation Planning Standard.

"One of those key measures in the mitigation action plan is actually specifically reducing or eliminating minimum parking requirements," Reager said, describing the mitigation plan as one component of how the metropolitan planning organization demonstrates compliance with state greenhouse‑gas targets through 2050. The standard was adopted by the Colorado Transportation Commission in late 2021 and applies to CDOT and metropolitan planning organizations in the state.

Reager said the RTP (regional transportation plan) is updated on a multiyear cycle as the designated metropolitan planning organization and that the mitigation action plan aggregates strategies that local jurisdictions would implement, in addition to projects in the RTP. He emphasized that the measure is intended to be implemented by partners across the region rather than solely by DRCOG.

The framing links parking policy to broader Metro Vision themes—place, multimodal mobility and livability—by arguing that right‑sizing parking supports denser, mixed‑use development and can reduce vehicle miles traveled. Reager noted that the mitigation strategy is one among several complementary actions the region will pursue to meet quantifiable emission‑reduction targets for multiple analysis periods through 2050.

The presentation did not describe a single statewide mandate to remove parking minimums; rather, Reager described a regional mitigation strategy and the need for local implementation from member jurisdictions. He also said the mitigation plan is meant to build on work already underway at the city and county level.