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Minimum parking requirements for most non-residential buildings in Columbia are now in the past.  Columbia City Council on Tuesday gave...

The state government is pushing back against a local effort to allow denser housing in single-family neighborhoods, setting the stage for a legal battle.

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law banning California localities from requiring parking spaces for new developments built within half a mile of a public transit stop.

Good designers could revitalize Gainesville's obsolete strip malls, creating vibrant urban neighborhoods.

Op-Ed: If we want to address barriers to access, and the public health and climate impacts of car-dependence, we must make it easier for non-drivers to get around our communities.

The Alusta Pavilion gives birds, bees, and plants a lush habitat—and human visitors a renewed outlook on the natural world.

In exchange for financing an apartment project, banks almost always require a minimum number of parking spaces.

Known for motorways with cars at a standstill, visitors are urged to go car-free as Los Angeles pursues its environmental goals.

This year, legislators in at least eight states debated mileage taxes on drivers of electric vehicles.

Cities are debating the use of acres of urban land as parking after the pandemic shone new light on how those spaces can be used in a more creative and valuable way

Places to put your car in Center City were dwindling even before the pandemic, and the trend will only continue. Is Philly truly ready to embrace a less ­car-dependent downtown?

Cargo cycling has the potential to end thousands of needless car and truck journeys.

Men and women make different travel choices — understanding those is key to achieving pollution and climate targets.

Fairfax County is working on a zoning provision to reduce parking requirements but its Parking Reimagined proposal needs work.

The city shouldn’t require parking that never gets used.

When California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2907 into law on September 22, 2022—making it easier and cheaper to develop around transit stops by requiring less parking—it culminated a decade of political and legislative work. AB 2907 was only the latest in a string of laws proposed for similar effect, dating back to AB 710 in 2011, but it was the first to end up on the governor's desk.

Recently opened express lanes on a nine-mile stretch of Interstate 66 will now charge variable tolls based on traffic congestion.

Gov. Newsom signed a bill Thursday preventing California cities from setting parking requirements for new developments near public transit.

Also today: Los Angeles’s plan to boost public transit ridership, and inside the world’s strictest Covid Zero city.

PARK(ing) Day returns to the City and County of Denver as we join other cities around the world in temporarily reclaiming on-street parking spaces for people places, or “parklets.” PARK(ing) Day is an annual event that encourages businesses, community groups, and other organizations to reimagine parking spaces and public streets as vibrant, people-friendly places.

Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2097, a bill eliminating parking requirements statewide for new housing and commercial developments located within a half-mile of major transit…

The measure prohibits cities and counties from imposing minimum parking requirements on...

A.B. 2097 is a “no-brainer” climate bill – now law- that will prohibit cities from setting a minimum parking requirement on developments near transit.

By decoupling parking from new residential construction, its new law could reduce housing costs, too.

Developers are no longer required to include parking with many new housing projects.

Lawmakers Aim To Create More Opportunities To Build Affordable Housing in Cities

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.

“Like the Dutch have reclaimed land from the sea, we can reclaim land from parking”

Despite its environmental achievements, the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act substitutes electric vehicles for a more holistic, climate-friendly approach to urban planning and design.