Parking

Parking mandates are an obstacle to sustainable communities: remove them and more apartments will be built at the expense of space for cars. But we need to do more.

New U.N. climate report underscores the need to invest in infrastructure that encourages active mobility, get people back on public transit, and have cities reclaim roadways, writes Lime CEO Wayne Ting.

Here’s how we can become a place for people instead of cars.

(2021). The Width and Value of Residential Streets. Journal of the American Planning Association. Ahead of Print.

The latest reduction comes after the local planning and building committee also relaxed requirements for each new home to have its own parking space.

COVID-19 is requiring us to cut non-essential travel in the short term. It’ll be harder to do it in the long term — but it will be worth it.