Parking

Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them "easy to get to, but not worth arriving at."

Maps show just how much space parking occupies in 50 city centers.

An economist who spent decades studying ’megaprojects’ has some advice for getting them right: Think slow, act fast and build brick by tiny plastic brick.

New travel patterns driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and remote and hybrid work are forcing transit agencies to reconsider their planning and operations, transportation officials said at the Transportation Research Board's Annual Meeting.

MIT researchers found that the computers powering self-driving cars could have a large carbon footprint.

Car blindness— or “motonormativity”—is an unconscious bias that has policy implications, suggests new study on dangers posed by motorists.

So does the entire auto industry. The allure of owning a car is fading. Young people would rather rideshare, and urban planners are rethinking transportation.

America’s transportation sector remains the leading national driver of the climate crisis — and automobile drivers aren’t helping.

The city reported zero pedestrian deaths on its streets in 2022. Planner Mike Lydon tells us how they did it.

Exclusive: number of motor vehicles in 46 low-traffic neighbourhoods studied also significantly reduced

Parking is at the heart of every fight about how we build our cities and towns, with effects that go far beyond transportation. Minimum parking requirements  — laws that dictate how many parking spaces are required for various types of buildings and businesses — make housing more expensive, raise th…

New York City plans to spend more than $10 billion on a project that will speed up climate change and increase the number of New Yorkers killed by traffic and pollution. The good news is that the city will hold meetings so the public can comment on the plan, which is rebuilding the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway (BQE).

In this episode, I chat with legendary parking guru Donald Shoup. Shoup is a distinguished research professor at UCLA and the author of The High Cost of Free Parking. We talk about some of the 2022 parking reform victories, the man behind the legend, and where we go from here.

We help you understand what’s changed in the Highway Code recently, what you should be doing as a driver, and what you should do if something goes wrong.

These groups teach members how to fight for safer streets.

The city's next leaders need to focus on this issue.

There are few urban policies as contentious as a congestion charge – do they work and are they serving the wider public?

Under-priced street parking is widely considered to be a great urban policy failure and is partly what motivated Stockholm to expand its parking zones…

When it comes to reducing gasoline-powered travel, what gives states the most bang for their buck? David Edmondson finds that e-bike subsidies are 2.9 times more effective per dollar at displacing gasoline-fueled travel miles than zero-emission vehicle subsidies.

We put too much trust in drivers to follow traffic laws. We can't have police at every dangerous intersection but we can use cameras.

Developer Julian West wants to “help catalyze a conversation” about housing and transportation

Also in today’s episode, a look at the state’s most wish-listed Airbnb.

A recent court ruling put a stop on a high-rise planned for the South Street Seaport, pitting preservation against housing needs — again.

It’s time for a walk through history. It was never easy to park, so don’t listen to today’s whiners.

Where could tens of thousands of new homes fit in one of the densest parts of America? One local official looks for pockets of opportunity.

As many cities grapple with the housing crisis, some places are rewriting regulations and finding creative ways to repurpose these hulking masses of concrete that suck up valuable real estate.

More people are considering e-bikes as an alternative to cars and the California Air Resources Board wants to help them make the switch.

“From the get go, 2900 Larimer was a magical block to shut down,” said Ratio Beerworks co-owner Jason ZumBrunnen.

A Utah legislator is planning to introduce a bill that would forbid cities from having minimum parking requirements near transit stations in an effort to improve walkability and reduce housing costs.