Commentary: Thoughts on Parking and Core Area Specific Planning
For the last several weeks a council item on in-lieu parking fees, and now an appeal of…
It’s About Our Downtown, Not 15 Parking Spaces
By Joshua Chapman The Ace parking lot project on 3rd Street is coming before the Davis City…
Please Support Davis Ace, Property Rights and the Freedom to Pursue Economic Vitality
By Jason Taormino It feels like an affront to common sense that anyone would try to stop…
Staff Recommends Council Deny Appeal of Ace Hardware Decision
On May 10, the Davis Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit for a parking lot with…
In Defense of Parking Lots
By Don Shor Over the last few days we’ve been treated to some discussion of basic principles…
Yogi Berra: “It’s A Permanent Placeholder”
By Michael Bisch Commissioner Rutherford to applicant (57:00): “And then as for allowing this use [parking lot]…
When East Is West and North Is South
By Michael Bisch “On-site parking shall not be placed in front of buildings along sidewalks; there shall…
Commentary: Parking As a Generational Issue?
For much of the last week or so, key Vanguard discussions have focused around the issue of…
Rethinking Parking
“We don’t want developers to build surface lots. And our zoning, still to this day, is based…
Starry-Eyed Utopian Greenies
by Michael Bisch ““Parking craters”: The latest terminology used by some to abdicate responsibilities associated with development.”…
Downtown Vision and “Mini” Parking Craters
As the Davis community continues the conversation around creating a vision for our downtown, updating our Core…
Commentary: What Davis Really Needs Is a New RDA
When I first sat down and met with Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, she was the mayor of Winters and…
A Downtown Perspective on Parking In-Lieu Fees
By Michael Bisch “Public parking spaces serving multiple uses can be expected to be better utilized, and…
Can Revisions to Parking In-Lieu Fees Help Solve Downtown Parking Problems?
On Tuesday, council will hear proposals from city staff on how to revise parking in-lieu fees for…
Tuesday Morning Thoughts: Rethinking the Need for More Parking
This summer and fall, the Vanguard had a long debate over one of the proposed apartment complexes…
Commentary: Council Finally Takes On Paid Parking
For all of the complaints about paid parking, I walk through the E Street Parking Lot all…
City Council Approves Expansion of Paid Parking to Downtown Surface Lots
(From Press Release) – On December 20th, the Davis City Council directed staff to expand paid parking…
City Will Begin Enforcing Double-Parking Restrictions
While the lunch hour in downtown is notably congested, one of the problems that makes things worse…
Sunday Commentary II: Solving the Downtown Parking Conundrum
It has been awhile since we have looked at the downtown parking issue. Yesterday, as I went…
Downtown Parking Management Update
Back in 2014, the council-appointed Downtown Parking Task Force, which concluded a study in Fall 2013, brought…
