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Goal of controversial move is making city less car-reliant, more climate friendly

Too much of the space in our downtowns is taken up by parked cars, and requiring developers to provide so many parking slots inflates the cost of housing. It’s becoming clear that those mandates are irrational.

To fight climate change, cities need to be designed with much more walking, biking, and public transit use in mind.

The Pittsburgh Planning Commission approved a measure to reduce the number of parking spaces required for restaurants.

A single open-air car park takes up land that could potentially house hundreds of people.

Mayor Kim Janey today announced that the Boston Transportation Department, in partnership with the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) and the Environment Department, has launched guidelines for new developments over 50,000 square feet, which will facilitate a more efficient and transparent development review process. As part of the new guidelines, developers of large projects must complete a

The new guidelines also specify that zero parking will be allowed for new developments throughout the city, in conjunction with required “transportation demand management” plans to prov…

The pandemic undermined the economic model that supports the urban centers of most U.S. cities. POLITICO brought together mayors and city leaders from around the country to figure out what’s next, and how to get there.

Richmond’s City Council is working on an amendment to its zoning code that would eliminate parking requirements.

The reverberations of the Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s executive order on climate change, issued back in March 2020, continue to be felt. For just over one year now, staff at Read More »

The rezoning would change the rules for building in a historic neighborhood experiencing a boom as demand for housing swells in the city.

San Jose has relied on a decades-old parking space policy that has contributed to gridlock and a car-centric culture: Three out of four commuter trips in San Jose are made by one person occupying a single car. City officials are looking for ways around that. The San Jose City Council held a meeting Friday to discuss cutting...

St. Paul on Wednesday became one of the first cities in the country to completely eliminate minimum off-street parking requirements as a zoning restriction.

The mandatory parking minimum law is the demon child of car culture and NIMBYism — but it is finally being attacked by progressive leaders. Where will Mayor Adams stand? He isn’t saying.

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.

A bill in the California Legislature would allow developers more freedom to decide what works best for a given project.

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Parking policies hide the cost of car travel by making it more difficult to build vibrant urban places. Until they are abolished, Dallas will never regrow its core.

Here are the three options we think can start to be built today - and five things we learned from this math.

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

There was an inherent unfairness about the rules, according to city staff. So they’re changed.

Written by University of Illinois at Chicago students Maggie Kochman, Zane Jacobson, and Bobby Siemiaszko. From January through May 2021, three students at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s…

Advocates say less parking can lead to more housing, safer streets, and help combat climate change

Parking has long been one of the key barriers to affordable housing efforts. Not anymore.

Ann Arbor mayor's allies object to 'conspiracy theories' as they OK new high-density zoning

Op-ed: The severe impact of highways and pavements on the health of land, water, and people are giving us a reason to adopt a new way of thinking.

The city of Edina is looking to update its off-street parking regulations, which have remained unchanged for decades.

An opportunity to get more out of our streets and neighborhoods

The decision came after months of debate about how to regulate a hotel or a big box store that might want to locate downtown.