We need a PARK(ing) Day for Every Day
PARK(ing) Day is the third Friday in September!
PARK(ing) Day is the third Friday in September!
Fairfax County could replace parking lots with affordable housing
Fairfax County may be swapping out some of its extra parking space at the Fairfax County Government Center for affordable housing. You’ll soon have a chance to tell the board what you think.
Flats could be built on Rangers match-day car park by Ibrox | HeraldScotland
A major residential development could be built on a match-day car park if approved by city planners.
Can Buying Parking Lots Help End Car Dependence?
A parking lot company seeks to be part of the solution.
Tactical urbanism, parklets, and a post-COVID recovery
R Rawlings, Vestre Ltd, discusses how COVID-19 has acted as a catalyst for transforming urban spaces, and why introducing parklets could be the way forward
A brilliant plan to turn parking garages into rooftop gardens
In Melbourne, 1,200 acres are wasted on parking spaces. One architecture firm wants to reimagine how they’re used.
REEF Technology raises $700M to support the 15-minute city
The mobility, logistics and neighborhood hub operator said the funding will help promote its efforts to connect people to goods and services without a car.
Opinion | A smart plan for growth in Montgomery County would turn parking lots into places
Pasadena to explore affordable housing on church parking lots
Sometime in the future, there might be a tiny neighborhood of affordable housing tucked into church parking lots across Pasadena. They could be little pallet houses, or the FEMA trailers stashed aw…
Project would convert Cumberland Mall parking into apartments, office towers
A project to redevelop about 20 acres next to Cumberland Mall will bring more retail space, apartments and offices to this bustling area of Cobb County.
A Parking Lot Becomes a Vibrant and Versatile Public Space—For Now
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Starlight Square serves as an ideal community center in the age of social-distancing.
'Traffic gardens' bloom in Portland
In three short months 10 vacant schoolyards and parking lots in Portland have been transformed into miniature neighborhoods. These “traffic gardens” were created to give kids and families a place Read More »
Houston restaurants can now tap parking lots for outdoor dining
Houston City Council has approved a proposal to allow restaurants to take over 50% of their parking spaces to expand outdoor dining capacity.
Outdoor Dining Pits US Restaurant Outside Seating Against Cars in Parking Lots
Outdoor spaces hastily fancified for low-risk dining are keeping thousands of U.S. restaurants from closing permanently. But crashing the dinner party are tropical storms, rats -- and the occasional out-of-control vehicle.
Is This the Saddest Pandemic Dining Experience in America?
I had lunch in a mall parking garage, and it was actually just fine.
Five Great Ways To Repurpose Parking Lots During the Pandemic
If there’s one thing America definitely doesn’t need any more of, it’s parking lots — and during COVID-19, communities across the U.S. are seizing that under-utilized asphalt for …
Philly is making it easier to turn your block into a place for play this summer
Every summer, Philly residents can apply for permits to turn their block into a playground for kids, no cars allowed. This year, the rules are changing.
The City of Dallas Will Launch a Temporary Parklet Program Next Week
You might be seeing parking space–sized seating areas pop up outside of restaurants, cafes, and more all over the city.
Oregon winery opens drive-in movie theater amid coronavirus pandemic
Sunshine Mills Winery converts its parking lot to drive-in theater.
How COVID-19 could change the future of parking
The demand for parking is down 90% — and across America, entrepreneurs are finding ways to repurpose empty lots.
Repurposed Parking Facilities in Post-COVID-19 Atlanta
Examines the adaptive re-use of parking spaces as the demand for such spaces decreases and the trend of parking lot vacancy accelerates.
Las Vegas Places Homeless People in a Parking Lot, 6 Feet Apart
The casinos are deserted and thousands of hotel rooms are empty. But when the city needed space for a temporary homeless shelter, officials chose an outdoor parking lot.
Vanderbilt hospital sets up COVID-19 treatment area in parking garage
One of the country’s most well-known hospitals has set up a COVID-19 treatment center in a parking garage, according to video accounts and a statement from the hospital.
The largest US parking facility is transforming into an innovation lab
City Tech Collaborative is turning Chicago’s Millennium Garages into the Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab to help implement new tech solutions.
Mark Fishman And Logan Square Landlords Sue To Block Affordable Housing Project Near Blue Line
The lawsuit argues replacing a surface parking lot with 100 subsidized apartments would cause them “irreparable injury.”
Metro proposes replacing parking at New Carrollton station with development
The station would become the centerpiece of a walkable “downtown.”
In Paris, organic farming takes over fallow parking lots
In Paris, as in many European cities, the number of cars is declining, which is leaving a vast amount of underground car parks empty. With its start-up project called "La Caverne", Cycloponics is reclaiming these urban territories using them as a way of growing plenty of organic vegetables. EURACTIV France reports.
Portland parks will spend $8 million to extend North Park Blocks as part of Broadway Corridor redevelopment
The developments are part of the city’s Broadway Corridor redevelopment project, a plan to create a new neighborhood encompassing 34 acres in Northwest Portland between the Chinatown-Japantown historic district and the Pearl District featuring the 14-acre post office site as its anchor.