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Michael Sutherland from Open Plans on lifting parking mandates citywide as part of City of Yes for Housing Opportunity

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Michael Sutherland, a policy analyst at Open Plans and native Brooklynite, advocates for the removal of parking mandates in New York City as part of the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity initiative. He argues that lifting parking mandates will allow for more appropriate and demand-based parking development, citing successful implementations in other cities, particularly Buffalo.

  • Emphasizes that lifting parking mandates does not ban parking, but allows it to be built where appropriate and demanded
  • Highlights Buffalo's success in lifting parking mandates, resulting in 47% of major developments including fewer parking spaces than previously required
  • Argues that removing parking mandates will enable the creation of more needed housing in areas where parking is unnecessary, while still allowing parking to be built in car-dependent areas

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