Whether you support Museum Park or not, livable streets advocates should take a modicum of joy in hearing that the Miami City Commission has reduced the city’s parking requirements for the proposed civic development. As the Miami Times reports, Museum Park will now have 440 parking spaces, not 480 as originally planned. Granted the decision was made only because of a siting/financial issue, I hope advocates may look to this as precedent for parking reductions in future projects. My guess is that those 40 spaces will not be missed.
Now, let’s see if we can get FDOT to reduce the number of travel lanes along the lower Biscayne corridor so that all those parking spaces marring the once elegant boulevard median can be moved to parallel parking stalls along the outside sidewalk–a perfectly sane idea that would reduce speeds, increase pedestrian comfort, and restore Miami’s signature thoroughfare. I think Admiral Miguel Grau–Knight of the Seas– would agree, right Admiral?
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