Finding success for downtown office space after COVID-19 | RENX - Real Estate News Exchange
GUEST COLUMN: Commercial real estate in our downtowns is going to look very different in the coming years. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated trends like the adoption of digital business solutions and work-from-home policies, leading many companies to experiment with
Local advocacy group, professors endorse less parking
Yalies volunteering with a Connecticut housing advocacy group say that New Haven could use less parking. Officials from the New Haven Parking Authority and some Yale professors agree. The advocacy group, Desegregate CT, views parking quantities and the zoning reforms that govern it as adjacent to its principal concern of housing equity in the Nutmeg […]
City of Austin looking at ways to improve challenging parking situation on South Congress
The city wants to improve parking options in the South Congress tourist mecca. Businesses and those living in the area have mixed feelings on solutions being considered. Brandon Hodges, President of the South Congress Merchants Association says circling to find a parking spot is a common frustration, "Parking has always been a contentious issue a long South Congress. " Caption: Parking on South Congress is a nightmare. The City of Austin is trying to fix it.
Why We Need Embodied Carbon Benchmarks and Targets in Building Standards and Policies: An Open Letter
To Canadian Municipalities and Associations of Architects, Engineers, and Planners: Canada, as well as a growing number of its jurisdictions, has set necessarily ambitious carbon reduction targets as part of an increasingly urgent global bid to achieve climate stability. While the spotlight often falls on the transportation and energy production sectors, 40 percent of global …
Few mayors expect to keep COVID-inspired changes to public spaces, survey finds
The Menino Survey of Mayors found that although leaders predict residents will spend more time outside, only 6% of mayors plan to keep recent changes to those spaces like closed roads and new bike lanes.
City of Boston expanding car-share program to 250 parking spaces
Before leaving his post for a cabinet position in Washington, outgoing Mayor Marty Walsh announced Boston would be expanding its Car Share Boston pilot program from 40 reserved parking spaces up to 250 on local streets and municipal parking lots.