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Download a PDF of "Dynamic Curbside Management: Keeping Pace with New and Emerging Mobility and Technology in the Public Right-of-Way, Part 1: Dynamic Curbside Management Guide and Part 2: Conduct of Research Report" by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for free.

Finding space for nature in cities: the considerable potential of redundant car parking

The Regional Plan Association published “Parking Policy Is Housing Policy: How Reducing Parking Requirements Stimulates Affordable Housing Production.”

Where and how you live shapes your household’s contribution to climate change. Explore differences across the nation.

A resource to help parking reformers find examples of parking policy reforms from all over the world.

Gain a deeper understanding of America's vast system of roadways with these statistics. How have crashes – automotive, air, railway, and more – changed over time? How many bridges are structurally deficient now as opposed to 20 years ago? Get an idea of how the nation fares on travel times commuter delays, vehicle recalls, and more.

There are thousands of empty parking spots in cities. So what can we do to make better use of this space?

The meat grinder of the Appropriations process spits out a few wins

A ‘fietsvlonder,’ or bicycle platform, lets a neighborhood trial the change from car parking to bike parking to get used to the switch—and see if there’s a demand—before it’s made permanent.

If New York City adopts congestion pricing, it would be the first US city to put a tax on traffic of sorts.

We’re asking our streets and sidewalks to do more and more. Start-ups are trying to help with curbside management tools — but will cities rise to the challenge?

EVs are great, but they’re not perfect. Let’s end their free ride.

The West End neighborhood of Cincinnati is home to 6,000 residents but only one dine-in restaurant. Neighborhood stakeholders hope that rescinding parking requirements in the neighborhood—along with a big influx of cash from the federal government—wi

No matter how many solar panels it has, your parking garage isn't green, and especially if you don't charge for parking. Almost five years ago, we called out the folks at the National Renewable Energy…

Induced demand is commonly misunderstood, and transportation professionals need to help explain it.

The end of an experiment in old-fashioned urbanism.

Road salt eats away at concrete in multi-story parking garages in a process known as "Spalling". Salt accelerates the rate at which water gets into cracks, causing the concrete to pull away from its Rebar reinforcement. This is what happened to the River Center parking garage in downtown Saint Paul. A section of the garage ceiling recently fell onto a parked car, resulting in closure of the garage. In response, Saint Paul's new mayor, Melvin

Research suggests the most promising solution would be to provide direct cash assistance.

When it comes to climate change, bold solutions are needed now more than ever, and city leaders are up for the challenge.

Great programs like this one in Minnesota don’t happen when big parking lots are mandatory.

San Francisco’s affordable housing lotteries provide the closest thing to random experiments to find the answers.

Property company will also use empty shopping centres for the urban distribution sites

Goal of controversial move is making city less car-reliant, more climate friendly

Here’s what the city’s urban renewal agency has planned.

Car condos are popping up in New York City, and car owners are spending as much as some people do on a house to get one. Find out more.

Too much of the space in our downtowns is taken up by parked cars, and requiring developers to provide so many parking slots inflates the cost of housing. It’s becoming clear that those mandates are irrational.