The Austin City Council is experimenting with a plan to reduce the availability of parking. Today, it approved a pilot program discussed last meeting “to reduce parking requirements for commercial businesses utilizing trip-reduction strategies.”
Council member Laura Morrison said the program was designed “to work with businesses around town and do a pilot in terms of allowing a reduction in their parking if there are mobility friendly amenities added.”
Those amenities could include more bike parking, employee subsidies for car sharing or transit passes, alternative work schedules or workplaces with locker and shower facilities.
Businesses will have to apply to participate in the pilot project. City staff will report back with the number of car trips avoided and miles saved by November 2014.
