Parking

Researchers have found that requiring more space for cars encourages less dense and more expensive housing development.

Commission rejects staff suggestion, calls policy, which affects transit areas only, visionary

Prices in the area will soon range from $1 to $7 an hour depending on the spot and time of day.

“This is one of them; that’s a lot of money,” Lumbreras said about the electric cab program.

Parking garages are a central element in many urban and suburban development projects, and green wall technology improves energy efficiency and aesthetics.

Plan approved by Minneapolis city council also includes taller apartment buildings near transit and a historic abolition on all off-street parking quotas.

where will they park? they won’t

The largest transit agency in the U.S. is building a mixed-use development next to a commuter rail station north of Manhattan.

An innovative pilot project is under way in Washington, D.C., which is pursuing radical steps to rethink the use of on-street curb spaces in an era of transformative transportation technology.

Everyone vies for curb space: taxis, Ubers, delivery trucks, buses, bicycles, and residents. In Washington, DC, CurbFlow is testing spots reserved via app.

Orange County’s housing task force wants to loosen decades-old zoning codes and give bigger incentives to developers, in hopes of adding 30,000 much-need units over the next 10 years.

Parking minimums are under siege and it's a very good thing. Most buildings in most cities and towns across the globe are required by la...

Many jurisdictions have vehicle travel reduction targets. Integrating Smart Growth policies can help achieve these reductions as well as other planning goals.

As self-driving vehicles become more ubiquitous, facility designers and owners will need to develop strategies that cover a wide range of possibilities.

Transit providers are often major landowners in their communities. These sites are opportunities to provide desperately needed affordable housing.

A new Brightline station will do more than bring trains to Boca; it may help build a neighborhood and a transit system throughout the city.

Improving the way developers and planners assess parking demand.

It’s easy to claim “We have too much parking” but to prove it? These Boston area planners were up to the challenge, surveying over 200 apartment buildings’ parking lots. What they found… might not shock you.

The Tempe Institute of Religion offers parking for as little as $5 for an entire semester, far less than other ASU campus options.

In an effort to encourage people to ditch their cars, Emeryville may scrap a long-standing requirement that developers provide ample off-street parking spaces for their buildings — if any at …

Cities that require builders to provide off-street parking trigger more traffic, sprawl, and housing unaffordability. But we can break the vicious cycle.

Most people concerned about equity in reference to parking usually miss the big picture. They worry that raising the cost to park will harm…

To reduce congestion, Governor Charlie Baker is proposing up to $50 million in employer credits for letting employees work from home or at least farther from the office.

Some cities offer short windows where residents can opt to clear tickets by making donations, such as to schools and animal shelters.

Beware the dumpster corrals.

Building our cities around cars took decades. Undoing it will also take decades, but I don't think it will be necessarily as hard to undo as it was to do.

Incentivized by city parking policies, private developers provide fewer parking spaces or increase density in new projects.