Parking

Curtailing parking minimums represents a sweeping shift in American attitudes.

The recommendation asks city officials to consider a program that would send citizens a portion of funds from citations issued for infractions.

Op-ed: The Science Museum of Virginia is transforming two acres of asphalt surface parking along Richmond’s Broad Street into a new public green space.

Pennsylvania law on street parking is decades old. It limits protected bike lanes.

More fliers are driving to the airport, making slots for their cars scarce and more expensive

If signed by the Mayor, the bill would require employers to provide transit benefits through a pre-tax payroll deduction or company-purchased fare passes

When Evan Kindler agreed to write a report on Parking Benefit Districts for an internship project, he didn’t know that he’d catch the parking reform bug.

Where many urban planners are seeing the social benefits that lay dormant within these spaces others focus on the environmental impact of the common parking lot.

Held every two years, the World Urban Forum is the premier global conference on urbanization convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). It brings together a wide range of participants from around the world to discuss major urban challenges facing the world today.

Yes, In My Backyard groups have formed in communities across the country to fight zoning and development practices that make housing less affordable.

San Jose, California, is now one step closer to removing a longstanding policy that has resulted in an oversupply of parking throughout the city, sprawl and higher housing costs. On

At least seven low-income housing developments funded by the state have eclipsed more than $1 million per apartment to build in the last two years.

Launched before the pandemic, this program has only become more relevant.

Gard Pecor created a diagram comparing how much land in downtown Milwaukee is dedicated to garage and parking lots versus park and plaza spaces. Pecor’s map spurred conversations questioning how the area could be reimagined to create more people-centered spaces, and how that could be translated across the city.

Environmental causes run into conflict with zoning reforms intended for environmental benefit once again, as the California Coastal Commission requires San Diego to reinstate parking requirements for ADUs.

Encinitas recently extended its safe parking program for homeless residents, though it has long been a point of contention for neighbors.

Demolition work began this week on a Lower East Side park that is a focal point in the tension between the community and developers on the waterfront. The

The city failed to perform a state-required environmental analysis of its Minneapolis 2040 comprehensive plan, three environmentalists groups had argued in a lawsuit that.

Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?

A new paper from America Is All In shows how communities can benefit from the low-carbon multi-modal approach. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, offers U.S. states and cities the chance to invest in transportation systems that modernize infrastructure, expand access and mobility for all people in a…

As Chicago faces the highest number of traffic-related deaths and injuries in years, the Department of Transportation is launching a new public forum hoping to address issues regarding pedestrian and bicyclist safety.

Charlotte City Council has adopted an ambitious framework that reimagines how residents get from point A to point B.

In Berlin, every second shopping trip to the city centre is made by foot or bicycle, and 27% by public transport. That’s higher than many people might have imagined and gives an image of a sustainable, thriving city. However, over the past two years, with many people staying away from busy areas, Berlin, like other

The multilane arterial roadway is a central feature of post–World War II (WWII) suburbs that challenges efforts to create more transit-oriented regions. Retrofitting suburbs is an important plannin...

Shelter is a necessity, yet approximately 17 out of every 10,000 people in the United States are unhoused. Public attention to homelessness has centered on individuals sitting and sleeping in publi...

An excerpt from the latest book on zoning argues for four approaches to reform that can immediately improve land use regulation in the United States.

To many urban Americans in the 1920s, the car and its driver were tyrants that deprived others of their freedom.

Even large car-dependent cities like Houston and Los Angeles are serious about reducing the auto traffic on highways as these cities reimagine transit and other transportation investments.

The state made sweeping reforms that eliminate parking requirements in some jurisdictions, which supporters hope will lead to faster, less expensive construction and the revitalization of vacant properties and underused lots.