It seems like every other day a new 40+ story mixed-use tower, with requisite parking structure, is breaking ground around here.
The thing that baffled me about downtown’s parking situation was how so many otherwise undeveloped parking lots managed to stick around given the opportunity cost of land downtown. That was until I realized a production crew can’t set up base camp in a parking garage.
I am always marveled when I go to SM. Huge modern parking structures on every block.
Presumably because LA finally managed to make a section of the city livable and they don't want to hasten its demise. Parking has pretty massive costs for quality of life and the livability of a city.
LA is just in a weird transition point right now, where even a furious pace of transit building isn't going to remake the car-centric infrastructure overnight.
Parking is not DTLA's problem.
DTLA is different. It is still within the driving circuit, and all other LA shopping destinations have decent free or cheap parking.
Paying 11 dollars just to park might be okay for work, but not okay if you're just looking to walk around or shop.
That's why BH and SM and all major malls have free or cheap parking. DTLA can't compete with these destinations in retail, until they fix this.
Joe's parking is not going to cut it.
> Parking is wack though.
Literally all of LA is like this. Pro-tip, in SM, park at the library. Cheaper and easier to get in/out.