How obscure parking rules have misshaped our communities and opportunities for better options. [long] Garages and driveways are the primary entrance to this Tigard, OR apartment complex. Photo credit Brett VA. Parking rules buried in city land-use codes have surprisingly pernicious effects. Requirements that builders provide ample quotas of off-street parking spaces worsen traffic, multiply collisions, push up housing prices, dampen business profitability, amplify sprawl, and pollute both air and water. Parking rules are a surprisingly potent hidden force shaping—or misshaping—our communiti...

Equitable mobility requires good transit---not giving free parking to hundreds of car-owning downtown workers in the hope that some of them might be poor.

Portland's own analysis shows that bans on car-free homes are catastrophic for Portland households who seek affordable housing.

Is a parking garage an “amenity” if its users have to stuff their motor vehicles into the gridlocked heart of one of Boston’s worst traffic bottlenecks?

The project, One Park, will add new life to an underused parcel of land, but it does little to counter a shortage of homes for lower-income families.

Luxury parking fees popping up in major U.S. cities could be indicative of a downturn in garage utilization in coming decades.

From imposing a tax on paid parking facilities to putting an end to distracted driving—Bostonians dish on how to fix the city's relentless traffic.

Shopper numbers in city centres are falling, leaving car parks empty – and councils are finding innovative ways to repurpose the space

New York City parking garage operators are under stress

There are currently 228 parking spaces in the podium of the 227-unit Bay Towers building at 388 Beale Street, the majority of which are tucked away behind the vented semi-circles on the third and fourth floors of the 20-story building which was developed in 1999. But plans to remove 44 of the Bay Tower’s parking […]

As many of them fall into disrepair, some are adapting to cities' changing needs.

Parking garages are a central element in many urban and suburban development projects, and green wall technology improves energy efficiency and aesthetics.

A new Brightline station will do more than bring trains to Boca; it may help build a neighborhood and a transit system throughout the city.

The Federal Reserve Bank wanted the 800-spot ramp for its employees.

The rise of alternatives has upended ground transportation at Denver International Airport, with ride-sharing services, the 3-year-old commuter rail line and competing lots reducing on-site parking…

Around Thanksgiving, Christmas and other busy travel holidays, the two parking garages at Love Field would get so full that city and airline...

Rethinking how we use urban spaces could help tackle an unaffordability crisis in many cities.

Some of the largest parking structures ever built in Seattle are coming on line in and around our high-tech neighborhoods. But we're embarrassed about it, so it's OK.

They’re dark, desolate, and frequently dirty—it can be hard to think of underground parking garages as anything other than concrete wastelands. But what if these cramped, neglected spaces were actually untapped jewels of real estate?

It’s a couple of years in the offing, but parking at the often-congested Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport should improve with the opening of a new 5,000-space ramp in 2020. The Metropolit…

It's the largest contract awarded in the commission's 74-year history.

Parking has become tight in the North Loop area as the number of surface lots has dwindled.

The number of monthly permit holders has plummeted by 82 percent at Des Moines' park-and-ride ramp downtown.

The parking garage could add anywhere between 400 to 600 parking spaces.

Saving space, reducing costs and a pleasant user experience – parking doesn’t get much better than this. Cityscapes around the world are changing,...

Parking garages run rampant, especially in Los Angeles. According to Gensler's co-CEO Andy Cohen there are 500 million parking spaces in the United States. “Think about all that real estate, all that attention to parking, that could be revitalized and reused for the future of our cities.”...

It doesn’t look like much from the outside. But as they say, you can’t always judge a book by its cover. And more interesting design flashes take over inside The Summit, A Dolce Hotel, featuring a

The Broadway Autopark, a 44-unit residential complex, opened on April 1. The apartments were built into the former Knightley's Parking Garage at 303 S. Broadway in downtown Wichita. The parking garage has been converted into apartments.