Finding the right zoning for downtown/urban/suburban parking

Ah, zoning, thou art a fickle friend. Norfolk, VA is creating a three tiered system of zoning in its attempt to properly respond to the evolving needs of parking and development. It might be worth Ann Arbor's time to see what works in their experiment… and what doesn't. Excerpt: "It may be overly simplistic, but boiling a neighborhood down to its very basic characteristics is something we do all the time. If you're surrounded by tall buildings or Main Street shopping, you're probably downtown. If you're driving down block after block of single-family homes, you're probably in a suburban area. But in many cities, the zoning codes that determine land use are terrible at noticing and responding to these very different conditions." Read the rest here.