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Denver council members weigh tougher transportation demand rules to curb "overparking"
Summary
At the Nov. 10 Budget & Policy Committee, Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer asked colleagues to consider tightening the city's Transportation Demand Management program to target developments that build far more parking than needed, including a potential fee on extra parking spots and options for targeted enforcement and consultant research.
DENVER ' At a Nov. 10 meeting of the Denver City Council's Budget & Policy Committee, Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer outlined concerns that some developers continue to build far more parking than the city needs and asked colleagues whether the city's Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ordinance should be tightened to produce better outcomes.
"We have an over parking problem in Denver," Sawyer said, arguing that some projects build many more spaces than are required and that excess parking raises housing costs and worsens safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. She cited development examples presented by CPD showing large gaps between required and built parking and said the city's 2021 TDM ordinance now faces new enforcement challenges after changes in state law.
Sawyer described the menu of…
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