![Table 1. Parking Vacancy Rates: At recently-constructed apartment developments in King County, an average of 37 percent of parking spots remained vacant during the nighttime hours of peak demand.](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/parking1.jpg)
SIGHTLINE INSTITUTE
An analysis of 23 recently completed Seattle-area multifamily housing developments reveals that the practice of providing abundant “cheap” parking actually makes rental housing more expensive—particularly for tenants with modest incomes and who don’t own cars.