De Blasio's war on NYC parking placard abuse has stalled
The city has barely made any headway on changes intended to combat rampant parking placard abuse that Mayor Bill de Blasio promised nearly two years ago, officials have admitted. Digital stickers — pitched in February 2019 as a cure to prevent holders from switching placards from vehicle to vehicle — have reached only a tiny […]
Since Prince’s death, several sites are imbued with elevated meaning
So complete was his connection with the city that even physical sites with no obvious external association with Prince now seem intimately connected to him.
For this micromobility boom to last, we need to address parking
For micromobility to rise to the next level, we must make the public space provisions to ensure that riding a bike or e-scooter is as safe and convenient as driving a car.
VW's Roving Robot Can Charge an Entire Parking Garage Full of Electric Cars
Volkswagen has been prototyping an autonomous charging robot for electric cars. The idea is that the robot "lives" in a docking station--located in a parking garage, for instance--alongside multiple battery packs on wheels, all plugged into the wall and charging. When an electric car is parked in the facility, and
Here's a shot of an edge city from the new SimCity. Notice what's missing? (Source: BLDGBLOG) From Geoff Manaugh's interview of the new SimCity's designer, Stone Librande: Geoff Manaugh: While you were making those measurements of different real-world cities, did you discover any surprising patterns or spatial relationships? Librande: Yes, definitely. I think the […]
Season 1 Episode 43: A DISCUSSION W/ DONALD SHOUP ABOUT HIS THREE FOUNDATIONAL PARKING REFORMS In this episode, John has a fascinating conversation with Donald Shoup, a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA about how strategic parking policy reforms can help create healthy, vibrant communities.
Berkeley officials boost parking ticket fine on Cal football game days to $225
The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday night to increase parking ticket fines on Cal football game days to $225. The vote was part of a package of changes staff asked officials to make to the city's parking program.
Initial plans call for a solar canopy at the John Bryan Community Center. The covered pavilion would feature a solar roof with at least a 200-kilowatt capacity, with vehicle parking and event space underneath.