Kent staff push shared-driveways, pedestrian links and curb-cut limits to ease parking conflicts
Staff proposed parking-and-access principles to reduce conflicts between pedestrians, bikes and vehicles for middle-housing projects, including pedestrian connections, shared driveways, driveway spacing, and private-street criteria to improve multimodal access.
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During the Recode Kent update, staff emphasized minimizing conflicts among pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles and encouraged shared driveways and low-impact infrastructure. "Our first principle is minimizing conflicts between pedestrians, bikes and vehicles," Mitchell said, listing required pedestrian connections between building entrances and sidewalks, parking-location guidelines, minimum parking setbacks and curb-cut/driveway spacing as potential regulatory tools.
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