"Fifteen-minute neighborhood, 20-minute neighborhood, smart growth, new urbanism. Right. I think they all are discussing the same thing, come to the same conclusion. And so, you know, how do we create a closer proximity of like housing and those essentials? I think parking lots are a big gap. And so Portland removed parking requirements, which kind of frees up this space to be developed into something else."
"So I measured every single surface parking lot in the city of Portland. Turns out that 20 percent of this city is off street parking, and then I measured the capacity for housing on those parking lots. So 30 percent of parking lots in the city are zoned to allow housing. And, uh, 21 percent of parking lots total have the zoning and physical requirements to develop a building."
Surface parking in Portland occupies roughly 20 percent of the city land area. Many surface lots present redevelopment potential after the removal of minimum parking requirements. Approximately 30 percent of parking lots are zoned to allow housing, and about 21 percent meet both zoning and physical requirements to build. Reusing parking lot land could increase nearby housing and bring daily essentials within closer proximity for non-car access. Strategies that convert parking into mixed uses support 15- to 20-minute neighborhood goals, smart growth, and new urbanist principles to improve neighborhood completeness.
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