Parking

Failing to ticket illegally parked cars with officially issued permits is “a form of corruption that erodes the public trust,” the Department of Investigation said.

Politicians and interest groups from across the ideological spectrum are pushing for changes to boost housing construction in areas where people want to live.

Beloved for its renegade reputation, Colorado ski area Arapahoe Basin will charge skiers to park next season. Two A-Basin fans debate the decision—and discuss why paid parking represents a dividing line between mega resorts and local ski hills.

The mayor’s office on Thursday announced that street parking enforcement downtown will increase starting at the end of April.  “It’s time to step up enforcement for street parking to ensure people patronizing downtown businesses have convenient street parking available to them,” says Mark Armstrong, spokesperson for Mayor Sharon Weston Broome. “It’s critical to the downtown […]

A perhaps overlooked element of the return-to-office conversation: How employees get to work in the first place.

Two New York City councilmembers are proposing residential parking permit programs in areas that could be impacted by congestion pricing.

Tempe might not be trying to put the genie back in the bottle over reduced parking minimums at new downtown high-rise residences in its dense urban core, but it wasn’t quite ready to go to the extreme the developer of a project at College Avenue and Seventh Street had sought, either.

After the horrific West Portal crash, Mayor London Breed vowed to strengthen street safety measures by cutting down on bureaucracy and renewing focus on the Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths.

A new report from public policy and real estate leaders in Austin recommends a variety of approaches the city can take to reduce the presence and impact of multilevel parking decks in new developments in the downtown core and beyond.…

Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath has used her new strong mayor powers to veto city council's block on new affordable housing units on two Stoney Creek parking lots

These micro wastelands drain the life from cities. It’s time we imagine better.

When I lived in San Francisco, more than a decade ago now, I didn’t own a car. But I did rent one periodically.

Most cities require homes and businesses to have parking. Critics say they drive up housing costs, foster car dependency and raise carbon emissions.

La Crosse considers reducing or eliminating parking minimums for new developments, reducing costs and encouraging walkability.

Likely to be included in new zoning code under development

No one argues that the city's parking code is obsolete. But how to bring it into the 21st Century is a matter of debate.

Changes to urban parking are starting to make our cities more livable.

Most cities require homes and businesses to have parking. Critics say they drive up housing costs, foster car dependency and raise carbon emissions.

Parking mandates make new housing more expensive to build and keep us from improving the city's public transportation system.

As long as parking is required, smaller, lower-cost homes are still illegal.

Parking mandates make new housing more expensive to build and keep us from improving the city's public transportation system.

Most cities require homes and businesses to have parking. Critics say they drive up housing costs, foster car dependency and raise carbon emissions.

This Burnaby anomaly has you driving underground in circles, but there’s method to the madness.

Thousands of Ottawa residents say their credit scores dropped after the city contracted a private agency to collect on decades old fines

Toronto’s executive committee has given provisional approval to designate 74 public parking lots, about one-quarter of its inventory, for new housing.

The proliferation of private automobiles, driven by an improved standard of living and the affordability of personal transportation across various income brackets within urban areas.

Meet the urban design theory rethinking life in the city.