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The city could make billions for local communities with flexible, market-driven permits.

Cities are coming around to the idea that on-street parking should be managed and priced based on the demand for the space. San Francisco, for example, created SFpark, a program that adjusts the prices of 7,000 parking meters to achieve a target occupancy rate for on-street spaces, and received much praise among transportation policymakers and professionals. Yet as on-street parking management programs garner attention, cities routinely build off-street parking garages at great cost with scant public scrutiny. Other than recovering the cost of building and maintaining the garages, cities co...

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A surprising amount of traffic isn’t caused by people who are on their way somewhere, but by those who have already arrived and are looking for a place to park.

Looking to open a businesson King Street or take over a secondor third floor? A Charleston City councilmember said the next 60 days is a prime opportunityto do it. On King Street, there's a fair amount of vacancy and rent available signs, and the Charleston City Council hopes to eliminate that by eliminating minimum parking requirements from Broad to Calhoun Streets over the next 60 days. "We need a shot in the arm on King Street, and this would have been a great idea without COVID.

Have you used a parking meter in Montreal or Quebec City in the past five years? Then you may be eligible to join a class action lawsuit.

"I know this is scary for people," said Councilmember Kate Harrison. "It’s a change. But it’s a change I feel we have to make."

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