How Even Modest Reductions in Parking Can Slash Your Rent — Streetsblog USA
Excess parking is costing renters dearly, even if they don't drive — and in New Jersey, a small tweak in local zoning codes save them over a thousand dollars a year.
Texan Local Advocates Put Couches and Potted Plants in Parking Spots
Each year on Parking Day, coveted curbside parking spaces in Denton, TX, are claimed by couches, games, potted plants, information tables, and conversations about the city’s future.
Parking can be a challenge in Morro Bay. Could paid parking be the answer?
Like many coastal communities, parking can be a challenge in Morro Bay. So this week, the city council is taking another look at a 2020 study that recommended a paid parking program.
Oct. 24—CHEYENNE — Wyoming's capital city is losing money on parking, and the Cheyenne City Council is considering whether the solution is to privatize enforcement. Downtown Cheyenne continues to grow. Bringing in more tourists and new businesses is expected to continue with the recent renewal of a mill levy tax on commercial properties within the Downtown Development Authority boundaries. As ...
Nashville drivers billed for parking in lots, garages they’ve never entered
“(The Metropolis representative) said, don’t worry, this happens all the time, it looks like someone with a similar license plate drove into our lot, the camera captured it, and charged your account,” Richardson said. “I was just taken aback when he said that, and my immediate response was, how do you let this happen?”
City of Rehoboth says they made a mistake when calculating this summer's parking revenue
The city of Rehoboth says they made a mistake when calculating the total revenue made in parking for this summer. The city says they made about 20,000 dollars more in
Buffalo to test Smart Streets design on Washington Street
A seven-block stretch of Washington Street in downtown Buffalo from South Division to Genesee streets will be the guinea pig for the city's first implementation of its new Smart Streets design.
Free morning parking in south Ceredigion towns could cost £130k
COUNCILLORS have been urged to not support free morning parking in three south Ceredigion towns because of the “stark wider financial challenges that Ceredigion County Council is facing” and the “lack of any tangible evidence” to suggest free parking trials in Llandysul and Tregaron has had any impact on the local economy.
State College Chose Parking Over People. The People Fought Back.
State College, PA, voted to authorize eminent domain to demolish three downtown businesses for a parking garage. In response, a Strong Towns Local Conversation group mobilized opposition to the project.
Strong Towns member Will Gardner shares how the 60-person bike bus he helps lead in his hometown is helping kids get to school, and reducing the number of cars in the drop-off lane.
Birmingham launches ‘Right Size Parking Initiative’ for parking reform
This initiative aims to reduce minimum parking requirements for new development in the city to improve walkability, rent prices, urban sprawl, and environmental factors according to the city website.
Austin’s Citywide Elimination of Parking Mandates Heads for the Finish Line
The news back in May that Austin’s City Council voted to eliminate citywide parking mandates made waves across the nation, cited by a number of publications as evidence that these outdated re…
To get the Metro we deserve, transform parking into housing
The Metro system is the foundation the Washington region needs to build a pleasant, sustainable, equitable future. Transforming its parking lots into transit-oriented development can increase revenue and build a bigger rider base.