Taking away parking in the city of cars

Neighborhood activists and Councilman Jack Weiss rejected a proposal Tuesday that would make it easier for developers to cut the number of parking spaces included in new apartment and condo projects. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

The idea is to reduce parking requirements when developers offer tenants or buyers transit alternatives, such as van pools, bike storage, transit passes or flex cars.

But Weiss and others argued that Los Angeles is no Manhattan or San Francisco or London, cities where people can easily get around without their own vehicle.

Los Angeles, they said, is still a city of cars and reducing the parking requirement will just lead to more crowded curbs.