As long as Denverites are driving, residents are going to have trouble finding curbside parking in Capitol Hill and other densely populated areas.

But there’s a team of city workers who are working to make parking a little less frustrating — at least for residents who live in those neighborhoods.

Scott Burton is a principal city planner with the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. He oversees a team that’s responsible for “curbside area management plans,” or CAMPs.

“A lot of the areas that we’ve worked in …have a lot of inconsistent parking restrictions, where the restrictions have been implemented over decades,” Burton said.

Since 2015, the city has implemented 14 CAMPs, and more are on the way.

The basic idea: make parking more restrictive for visitors, while off

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