Tony Jordan and Chris Meyer: Pushing for People Over Parking
Tony Jordan of the Parking Reform Network and Chris Meyer, legislative assistant to Senator Omar Fateh, talk all things parking reform on this week’s episode of the Strong Towns Podcast.
This week's episode includes our initial introduction to the inspirational text of this podcast: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. This wonderful philosophical novel attemp…
The New York Parking Wars: How Cars Took Over The Curb - The Bowery Boys: New York City History
Take a look at a vintage photograph of New York from the 1930s and you’ll see automats, newsies, elevated trains and men in fedoras. What you won’t see — dozens and dozens of automobiles on the curb. In a city with skyrocketing real estate values, why are most city streets still devoted to free car… Read More
Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, talks about the blunders of urban planners and how better cities depend a whole lot on a smarter approach to parking.