6. Park and Walk - Manage parking at the regional level.

Planning that optimizes the use of parking resources cannot be done at the level of individual buildings but only at the regional/neighbourhood level. Planning for parking should take into account the various uses in the area in order to utilize the space efficiently. Different uses create different parking needs.  Residential, leisure, and cultural event uses primarily require parking in the evening and at night. Commercial and educational uses require parking in the morning and afternoon. Therefore, we try to have multiple uses for parking lots. One way to do this is by creating a "Park and Walk" mechanism, that is the concentration of parking spaces in a small number of locations within or around the neighbourhood, rather than in every building separately. This idea was popularized by Dr. Paul Barter in his Reinventing Parking podcast, and through it you achieve several important results:

 (1) you free up sidewalks from vehicles entering and leaving parking lots; (2) you reduce the distance between buildings and create an environment more suitable for pedestrians; and (3) you increase the availability of housing and commercial spaces in sought-after areas.

It is better to establish several smaller "Park and Walk" parking lots, distributed across several locations in the neighbourhood, rather than to have one large central parking lot that mainly serves the immediate surrounding area, as it will not be used optimally. The "Park and Walk" mechanism should not be viewed as a way to increase the parking supply, but rather as a replacement for existing parking standards. This mechanism should be accompanied by steps 1-5, including management of street parking, pricing, and fees for parking in the "Park and Walk" lots themselves to maximize their use.