Parking

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About “If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places." — Fred Kent, urbanist Parking reform is on the rise in cities around the world, as many look to repeal parking minimums and better manage and price their on-street

As Long Beach works to meet the state’s housing mandate of 26,000 new homes by 2028, a new state law could make building faster and parking more difficult.

While parking spots quickly fill at the Aurora station, the nearby Bloomington GO station was almost eerily quiet when our reporter visited

City council voted in March to look into converting 130 of its lots, comprising more than 10,000 parking spots, without knowing specific locations

Forty-nine students registered to park on College Avenue were suddenly reassigned to new parking spaces at the beginning of the semester. The parking spaces along College Avenue, utilized by Lafayette College for permit parking in recent years, will be converted into a bike lane as a part of a larger Easton transportation initiative. “We quickly...

 

Land use reform is gaining momentum and laws are evolving rapidly across North America. Here are some changes that are likely coming in the future and what impacts they might have.

The Providence Streets Coalition argues eliminating the requirement of having parking with buildings could help the housing crisis.

Views split on whether city should drop parking requirements for new developments

The City of Yes for Housing Opportunity passed the City Planning Commission's vote. It will now move to the City Council.

Parking. It is so baked into urban and suburban landscapes it’s practically invisible to most people.   Yet it is something SELC has been paying attention to for years. “It’s been estimated that there are about 2 billion parking spaces in the U.S.,” said SELC Land & Community Program leader Trip Pollard. “Parking policy isn’t exactly […]

Most U.S. cities require a minimum level of off-street parking. But, like dieters dropping a zero-fat regime for a pound of bacon, some have adopted an opposite approach.

Nineteen years after Park(ing) Day was first launched to get people rethink how we use street space, parklets are common enough that they are no longer shocking or even surprising. But Park(ing) Day still has something to teach.

Now in it’s third year, Park(ing) Day Toronto is serving as the catalyst for the creation of as many as 30 or more installations, whereby spots for cars will instead be used as places for people.

Oregon made statewide changes in its zoning policies to help keep housing prices affordable. Many states have followed its lead. Illinois should, too.

The NSW Government is set to introduce legislation to reform the state’s ticketless parking fine system, as NSW councils chalk up a record year for the issuing of parking fines. NSW Premier, Chris Minns said the changes will improve fairness and transparency for drivers. “Drivers deserve better than the current system,” said Premier Minns. “Too […]

We believe cycling and its benefits for health, the environment and accessing the things you need to live well should be an opportunity for everyone. This means overcoming barriers, including a lack of access to secure, accessible cycle parking at home.

The meters brought in $850,000 in all, a new report finds.

At certain intersections, it’s hard to see approaching cars or bikes because of parked SUVs or other large vehicles blocking the view

The recent return of federal workers to their offices three days a week has more commuters circling the block for scarce parking spots in downtown Ottawa and Gatineau.

Houston Street will be closed on Friday for Park(ing) Day.

Last year, the Austin City Council voted to get rid of parking minimums, which required builders to provide a certain amount of parking.

Creating change requires a lot of energy and momentum, but you don't have to generate it all by yourself. You can identifying existing trends and events to give your advocacy more power. One of these trends is parking season.

After a citywide fund takes a cut, each district is left with less than a quarter of parking revenue. Here's how it's spent.

Forget "Seinfeld" — the fundamental challenges of parking policy are not limited to big cities.

As the city grapples with a housing shortage, London city councillors will be asked next week to kickstart the process of redeveloping five municipal parking lots into high-density residential units and public parking.