"How? Unless they build them underground."
Oct. 1, 2014 Whitney Scott Bain

"At this point in time I do not think that we need to encourage more non-residents to drive to Santa Monica when you consider existing traffic concerns. Instead we should employ a multimodal model that encourages individuals to use a combination of public transit, biking and walking as our current infrastructure simply cannot support an additional influx of personal vehicles. Upon completion of the Expo Line we might want to gauge its usage and the impact that it has upon these conditions. For now, I think that increased parking space increases automobile usage due to ease of using a car instead of alternative transit."
Oct. 1, 2014 Nick Boles

"We must provide adequate parking for the Expo line. It was a mistake not to build park-and-ride lots. We must correct that mistake. While building future structures we must be mindful that they may have different uses decades from now. It is important that they can be converted into different adaptations. While we hope the Expo line will decrease the future need for parking and will mitigate traffic, we are not certain of the future effects of the Expo.

One way to secure more parking is to make sure both residential and commercial developments provide the amount of parking in our zoning ordinances. We cannot allow Traffic Demand Management plans that aren't effective. Let's make sure we don't duplicate the mistakes of St John's Hospital, Agensys or the ill-fated Hines development."
Oct. 1, 2014 Phil Brock

"Parking availability in our City is extremely low most times of every day and traffic congestion caused by commuter traffic in and out of our City is debilitating. Very careful management of parking supply is one of my top priorities. Residents and employees who cannot walk, bike or take transit require appropriate parking facilities. It is very important to right-size the amount of parking in a project using thorough studies. Overbuilding parking will help to incentivize single-rider auto trips so to adhere to the goals of the LUCE and achieve no new net PM peak period trips now and in the future, we must continue to enhance the transportation demand management ordinances for projects of all sizes and uses. The amount of parking in a mixed-use project should be reduced if proposed along the transit-rich light rail corridor."
Oct. 1, 2014 Jennifer Kennedy

"Parking is at an extreme deficit in our community. There should be no development and no buildings allowed without proper parking provided. This includes either on-site parking or some in the near vicinity."
Oct. 1, 2014 Terence Later

"What we are learning to do is create more parking where needed. No one doubts the urgent shortage of available street parking in many of our residential neighborhoods, for instance.

New residential projects must include adequate parking, and new commercial development along boulevards adjacent to impacted neighborhoods must provide for themselves the parking needed by employees and customers. We can no longer let neighborhood streets be overrun to the point where residents cannot find parking near their own homes.

In some more commercial parts of the city, the perceived shortage of parking may be alleviated through smarter signage and distribution of parking, encouraging visitors to park once and explore on foot. Near established mass transit, parking needs may be lower, and requirements appropriately reduced.

Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions make automobile traffic congestion not just an annoyance but an environmental threat. Parking doesn't create traffic, but it does, to some extent, encourage automobile use. We must plan for a community with lowered need for cars, and therefore fewer cars on the street. When transit availability makes this possible, we can reduce parking construction, freeing the space and money for more human-serving uses."
Oct. 1, 2014 Kevin McKeown

"The issue is to keep the cars out of downtown as much as possible so as not to make the congestion problem worse. We are also faced with the punitive perception to residents who are experiencing numerous violations to the increased cost of living in Santa Monica."
Oct. 1, 2014 Zoë Muntaner