How Close Is Dallas to Eliminating Its Parking Requirements?
Dallas has been discussing the parking requirements in its city code for going on five years. There now seems to be momentum to rethink the city's relationship with cars.
New York City Approves a Plan to Create 80,000 New Homes
The City Council passed a major housing plan known as “City of Yes.” Experts and elected officials say it is only a first step to address the housing crisis.
Revised plan for Market Square keeps vehicular traffic, bans parking
A revised plan to revamp Downtown’s Market Square would permit traffic on one side while banning parking altogether in an effort to create more space...
Spokane’s Step-by-Step Approach to Repealing Parking Mandates
Build a bipartisan coalition. Launch a pilot project. Speak to the core issues facing your community. That’s how Spokane, Washington, was able to eliminate costly parking mandates. Here's the full story.
How Parking Will Drive the Coming Adams-Council Housing Development Deal
Eliminating mandates to create spots for cars is key to creating more apartments in the mayor’s sweeping City of Yes proposal heading to a crucial vote Thursday — but a compromise that could halve new housing is in the works.
Corner Stores Mount a Comeback in Residential Neighborhoods
Small-scale neighborhood retail is staging a post-Covid revival in many cities, thanks to a mix of zoning reforms, shopping trends and local incentives.
The Parking Management Jump Start Guide is offered by the Department of Land
Conservation and Development (DLCD) and funded by the Climate-Friendly and Equitable
Communities program. Printing is funded by Oregon’s Transportation and Growth
Management program, a joint effort of DLCD and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
DLCD would like to thank the Guide’s Project Management Team and the city staff members
from throughout Oregon who participated in our outreach process for their invaluable
contributions to this Guide.
NEW DATA FINDS 80 PERCENT OF EVENTGOERS LEAVE EARLY TO AVOID PARKING LOT CHAOS
/PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit (LA ART), a proposed aerial gondola system from Union Station to Dodger Stadium, in collaboration with Wired...
City of Sacramento looking to cap new parking spaces, increase bike parking for new developments
The City of Sacramento is asking for the community's input on a plan that would limit vehicle parking spaces in certain areas and increase bicycle parking in new developments.
City council considers reducing parking minimums to address housing and environmental concerns
A Sarnia resident is calling on City Council to replace parking minimums with “parking maximums” in residential developments, aiming to boost affordability and sustainability.
Seattle Set to Double Down on Arbitrary Parking Mandates
# Despite being a longtime parking reform leader, Seattle is set to require off-street parking, even as it unlocks significant housing capacity near transit. This will make housing harder to build.
SF to Start Enforcing New ‘Daylighting’ Parking Law for Parking Within 20 Feet of a Crosswalk
You’ll soon be looking at a $40 citation for parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk, as new state law is kicking in requiring 20 feet of “daylight” between parked cars and crosswalks, though they won’t be handing out the fines until January 1, 2025.
City mulls downtown parking and how to help pay for it
Municipal officials in Brockville are looking to re-establish a cash-in-lieu of parking bylaw that would apply to the central downtown waterfront area of the city.
Mayor discusses reasoning behind pausing paid parking push in downtown Ogden
OGDEN — Ben Nadolski is approaching the end of just his first year as Ogden’s mayor, but there have already been several policy milestones. After last speaking with him in June, the Standard-Examiner sat down with Nadolski to discuss the path the city has taken in the months since, where progress has been made and […]
Veterans will soon get free year-round parking in Quebec City
Mayor Bruno Marchand will soon make good on one of his election promises by offering free parking in the streets of Quebec City for veterans. It begins in the spring of 2025.
Gov. Hochul signs law to curb reckless driving in parking lots, celebrated by Queens officials and civic
Last week, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation to combat reckless driving in parking lots, a longstanding noise and public safety issue for many eastern
Convention Centers Integrate with the Urban Realm to Stay Competitive
Covid-19 may have caused a precipitous decline in convention crowds in 2020, but it did not halt long-range plans to overhaul and expand convention centers in a number of key U.S. cities. Today that foresight is bearing fruit with grand new facilities able to host larger industry and trade gatherings than ever before.