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

Employer-paid parking will undermine New York City’s congestion tolls. But parking cash-out policies like those in California and Washington D.C. can solve the problem.

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

Research from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) finds that strategies such as providing parking cash-outs, offering commuter benefits, and eliminating subsidized parking could drastically reduce commute VMT in cities. The study also concluded that the implementation of these strategies and the resulting decline in VMT could reduce congestion, emissions, and serious traffic crashes.

Assemblymember Alex Lee’s AB 2206 would fix gaping loopholes in current “parking cash-out” law.

Free parking at work should be tax-exempt only if commuters who don't drive to work are offered a benefit of equivalent value.

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Subsidizing employer-paid parking clogs streets, boosts emissions and isn’t fair to commuters who can’t use this perk. But there’s an easy way to fix it.

“Boston and other municipalities should accelerate the reconfiguration of roadways for the highest and best use of that space,” the report urges.

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Gary Rides Bikes explains how "Cash Out Parking" works. It’s no secret that Livable Streets advocates are big fans of the theories of Donald Shoup. The Shoupista that introduc…

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Even if Southern California spends billions of dollars to build a larger rail system, a big problem will remain: Few commuters will ride the train if their employers continue to offer them free parking.

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Employer-paid parking is an invitation to drive to work alone.

Users can earn the digital currency if they choose less popular or in-demand parking spaces (or do not use the parking lot at all on some days)

For Immediate Release April 7, 2020 Contact: Cheryl Cort, Coalition for Smarter Growth T. 202-675-0016 Advocates Cheer DC Council’s Unanimous Vot

Although Washingtonians love to bike and walk to work, employer benefits are currently set up to give the biggest reward to people who drive. That might soon change.

“WE HAVE MET the enemy and he is us.” That well-worn 1960s line from the Pogo comic strip could easily be deployed to describe the situation of Boston-area employers who are reaching the end of their rope over the never-ending woes of regional traffic gridlock. Get the Daily Download Our news roundup delivered every weekday.Email*(...)

Report on Parking Cash Out by Don Shoup

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