Parking expert calls Baltimore ?complete failure?

When it comes to parking, Baltimore is a “complete failure.”

That?s according to Jeffrey Tumlin, a national parking expert credited with strategies that helped revive depressed retail districts in Arlington, Va., San Francisco and Seattle. The principal of Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates said Baltimore has more parking than it needs and urged city officials to replace surface parking lots with new development, abolish all free parking and builddenser.