This guide is intended to further the reader's knowledge and understanding of parking issues. It was developed to accomplish the following objectives: 1- Alert readers to the significance of the urban parking issue, addressing the perspectives of both city planners and developers; 2- Illustrate the environmental, financial, and social implications of providing an over-supply of parking; and 3- Describe cost-effective, environmentally sensitive alternatives to generic parking requirements, providing case study examples of successful commercial real estate development in areas that have implemented parking alternatives. The focus of this guide is on commercial parking, and the audience is primarily local government officials and city planners, as well as developers, any of whom can initiate changes to generic parking requirements. It is essential, however, that these groups work together to implement such changes.

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