Right now, there are probably between 700 million and 2 billion parking places in the U.S. But the sea of American parking lots is slowly shrinking.As cities realize that they’ve built more parking than they need, dozens have eliminated parking requirements in new buildings. In California, any new construction near public transit no longer has to include parking. That means there’s room for more apartments, and rents can be lower. Here are nine recent parking lot transformations.

Back in 2018, there was uproar when a 6-story storage facility was planned on the site of a surface parking lot at 1314 Spring Garden Street. With a ton of momentum happening in the area – multiple mixed-use and multifamily development planned nearby – a storage facility just didn’t seem to make sense. If you Read more about 149-Unit Building to Replace Parking Lot at 13th and Spring Garden[…]

Where could tens of thousands of new homes fit in one of the densest parts of America? One local official looks for pockets of opportunity.

A recent court ruling put a stop on a high-rise planned for the South Street Seaport, pitting preservation against housing needs — again.

The legislation would make it faster and easier to turn San Francisco’s gas stations,...

The new neighborhood growth blueprint would increase the area's population from 78,000 to 143,000 and break up car-centric superblocks.

The City Observatory is a study of modern-day cities and urban development practices.

The City Council will vote Wednesday on whether to adopt a new plan that has the goal of "reducing dependency on automobile transportation."

Good designers could revitalize Gainesville's obsolete strip malls, creating vibrant urban neighborhoods.

The Alusta Pavilion gives birds, bees, and plants a lush habitat—and human visitors a renewed outlook on the natural world.

Cities are debating the use of acres of urban land as parking after the pandemic shone new light on how those spaces can be used in a more creative and valuable way

Richmond’s City Council just selected a development team for a $2.4 billion reimagining of the Diamond District, which could yield more housing, transit-oriented development, and park space.

The decision of the world’s fifth-largest city to shift road space from cars to other uses has produced increasingly vibrant urban neighborhoods.

The rising cost of land in city centers, an increased interest in walkable neighborhoods and growth in online car shopping have made urban dealerships tempting targets for redevelopment.

Europe is engaged in an ongoing transportation revolution that aims to simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and noise pollution, while increasing livability in urban areas, including the implementation of designs for “15-minute cities,” where daily necessities are located mere steps away from homes.

Listen to the latest episode as CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the L.A. Times' Liam Dillon talk with guest Peter Calthorpe about AB 2011.

A broad survey, possible solutions displayed on screens, inspirational walks, tables of future and a Citizen’s Assembly – this is how the Belgian city of Leuven has co-created a new mobility plan for its Kessel-Lo borough, putting citizens at the heart of the transformation. The plan gives priority to pedestrians, reduces car traffic and encourages […]

SF City Hall was supposed to look into tearing down the remainder of the Central Freeway and replacing it with housing—but never did. Now a grassroots campaign is reviving the idea.

ImpactAlpha, Aug. 31 – Tearing down part of a freeway was such a boon that Rochester, New York, is planning for removal of more ...

There are thousands of empty parking spots in cities. So what can we do to make better use of this space?

Opinion: As autonomous vehicles continue to appear on roads around the world, planners and engineers must be proactive in devising new and creative uses for soon-to-be-obsolete urban parking.

A request for proposals will be released before the end of September.

The site will have 5,000 new apartments—along with schools and stores that all residents can walk to.

Half of Milan’s 1.35 million residents are now within walking distance of new public space, much of it reclaimed from cars through the judicious placement of planters and the bold and expansive application of paint, an easily reversible city makeover technique known as “tactical urbanism.”

The Lynn housing authority recently completed the latest phase of a multi-year project that is bringing new vitality to an area near the General Electric Riverworks plant.

When we talk about the problems associated with cars and transportation, we often focus on fatal accidents, or air pollution, or traffic jams. We less frequently consider how much sheer space cars take up in America’s cities. But let’s pause to give this some thought....

The aim of this study was to explore effects of a major urban reconstruction on physical activity (PA) behavior by comparing PA intensity hotspots bef…

Many towns and cities have reallocated street space in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was done to allow more social distancing for physical activity and to provide space for restaurants to...

The multilane arterial roadway is a central feature of post–World War II (WWII) suburbs that challenges efforts to create more transit-oriented regions. Retrofitting suburbs is an important plannin...

Demolition work began this week on a Lower East Side park that is a focal point in the tension between the community and developers on the waterfront. The