Parking

Some argue that parking limits would promote transit, biking and walking; free up land for housing and green spaces; and generate property tax revenue.

Nashville is the latest city to enact a substantive change to the parking requirements set by the city’s zoning code—doing away with parking minimums and setting parking maximums in the city’s Urban Zoning Overlay.

The Bend City Council discussed the future of a new Bend Costco in Wednesday night's meeting, and it was revealed that Costco is not afraid to back out of the project if certain requests are not grant

Vancouver’s excessive parkade construction is hindering our transportation goals — but it doesn’t need to.

Parking policy and practice in a city is a marker, a litmus test  of its collective commitment to an efficient and beautiful city.  More than that, the policy has to be carefully thought out, agile…

A report by city staff says a turnaround from parking minimums to maximums will protect the city from an oversupply of parking in a future likely to s...

Mexico City charges fees for excess parking supply and your city should too. More car parking in our cities is an invitation for more cars and the congestion, pollution, and sprawl that those cars …

In the beginning of 2019, the City of Rio de Janeiro approved new building codes to restrict off-street parking and promote non-motorized transport by removing parking minimums, making Rio the first Brazilian city to pass parking legislation. This ruling comes after years of advocacy by ITDP Brazil, such as the 2017 study on Rio de […]

In 2012, Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability set out to answer a simple, urgent question: how much do apartment rents go up…