Council moves ahead with transit-oriented areas bylaw and off-street parking bylaw amendments

Up to 10 Sound Transit-owned parking facilities -- including at all Link station parking facilities -- could see daily paid parking begin around the time that the Lynnwood Link Extension opens.

Huge numbers of people want to live near opportunity and drive less. As urbanists and advocates, we should be open-minded about how to help them, and what good land use looks like.

Officials with the borough of Conshohocken claim they were blindsided by the move and reject any alternatives proposed by SEPTA.

Bibb and city planners taking steps toward achieving "15-minute city" framework.

Phoenix City Council is weighing a proposal to reduce parking space minimums for developers and make the city less car dependent.

A Utah legislator is planning to introduce a bill that would forbid cities from having minimum parking requirements near transit stations in an effort to improve walkability and reduce housing costs.

Atlanta City Councilmember Jason Dozier has introduced three pieces of legislation to limit the growth of auto-centric development around the Atlanta BeltLine.

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.

On September 22, 2022, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2097, a sweeping override of local parking regulations for projects located within one-half…

What if cities and communities rethought parking policy and designed it not only to serve transportation goals but also equity goals? Leading with equity creates better transportation options for all. It also opens up new ways of looking at traditional problems and solutions. This includes the commo

TransForm analyzed plans for housing at several urban rail stations, offering ideas about how to best achieve goals on reducing single occupant vehicle trips to transit stations.

The exceptions, like Mockingbird Station, prove the de facto rule in Dallas: many light rail stations are surrounded by little more than unused parking spaces.

On Wednesday night, many commissioners expressed support for 9-story projects, if not taller, at the North Berkeley and Ashby BART stations.

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Ann Arbor mayor's allies object to 'conspiracy theories' as they OK new high-density zoning

A key committee of the General Assembly advanced legislation Wednesday that would require municipalities to open more affordable housing -- or face consequences -- but gutted another controversial bill that would have allowed multi-family housing to be developed near train stations without special approval from local officials.

Berkeley City Council approved of the single largest investment to affordable housing–for a project to be located near two BART stations.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration is studying how to use a coming redesign of New Orleans' public-transportation system to create housing, retail and public amenities along new transit routes in the

A new residential building that embraces multimodality is in the works for downtown Austin. Plans for Shoal Cycle, an infill redevelopment at 812 West 11th Street, were submitted to the city on Monday and include a request for a height increase.

Asm. Friedman’s A.B. 1401 would allow developers to “right-size” the number of parking spaces

The city’s parking authority joined a statewide zoning reform campaign to boost housing supply by reducing minimum parking requirements. The goal: lower the cost of creating new homes, and increase...

More dense housing could be coming to some Ann Arbor transit corridors in the not-so-distant future.

Comparing the amount of parking included in projects on transit-friendly land before and after the passage of Chicago’s TOD ordinances shows developers are often glad to build less parking if…