Ventura, California
Ventura, California is a city in California. It turns up in Walkable City (Jeff Speck): A recent example of Shoup’s 85 percent occupancy target, minor but illustrative of simply raising meter rates from zero.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walkable City | Jeff Speck | backdrop | Mayor Bill Fulton introduced $1 per hour on-street rates in September 2010 and blogged that it worked within thirty minutes, with employee… |
| Uncommon Type | Tom Hanks | setting | The friends bowl here weekly with Steve Wong, who rolls a first 300 with his custom yellow-and-brown ball Chinese Lightning, then… |
Walkable City — Jeff Speck (2012)
Source: Walkable City · Original · Readwise highlight
In Ventura, Shoupista Mayor Bill Fulton introduced on-street parking rates of one dollar per hour, aiming toward 85 percent occupancy.
- Role: backdrop
- In the book: Mayor Bill Fulton introduced $1 per hour on-street rates in September 2010 and blogged that it worked within thirty minutes, with employee vehicles moving to nearby lots.
- Why it matters: A recent example of Shoup’s 85 percent occupancy target, minor but illustrative of simply raising meter rates from zero.
Uncommon Type — Tom Hanks (2017)
Source: Uncommon Type · Original · Readwise highlight
When we got to the Ventura Bowling Complex, he put the ball in a machine that turned out to be a bowling ball polisher.
- Role: setting
- In the book: The friends bowl here weekly with Steve Wong, who rolls a first 300 with his custom yellow-and-brown ball Chinese Lightning, then repeats it days later. A crowd of 140 gathers, with pizza delivered, phones recording and a manager ringing a ship’s bell, and Steve goes viral.
- Why it matters: This is Steve’s home alley, where the streak happens and the legend starts. Later the ESPN host calls it the Ventura Party, Billiards, and Bowling Complex.