Parking

An overview of the benefits of good parking management practices and a collection of resources for communities looking to meet many goals by improving parking management. Curated by Oregon’s Transportation and Growth Management program.

The City conducted a study to better understand the safety benefits, effectiveness, and usage impacts of parking separated bike lanes.

Many towns and cities have reallocated street space in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was done to allow more social distancing for physical activity and to provide space for restaurants to...

The aim of this study was to explore effects of a major urban reconstruction on physical activity (PA) behavior by comparing PA intensity hotspots bef…

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Car parking spaces occupy significant areas land within cities and, in many areas, is often provided to motorists free of charge or at low cost. This …

Harvard Medical School study comparing hospital car parks in 2019 to 2018 finds spike in October

Parking infrastructure is pervasive and occupies large swaths of land in cities. However, on-demand (OD) mobility has started reducing parking needs in urban areas around the world. This trend is expected to grow significantly with the advent of autonomous driving, which might render on-demand mobility predominant. Recent studies have started looking at expected parking reductions with on-demand mobility, but a systematic framework is still lacking. In this paper, we apply a data-driven methodology based on shareability networks to address what we call the “minimum parking” problem: what is...

(2021). The Width and Value of Residential Streets. Journal of the American Planning Association. Ahead of Print.

The projects will be funded by the Southern California Association of Governments.

Excellent example of handout for parking reform basics. Focused on Chicago.

COVID-19 is helping parklets mushroom in Helsinki and other Finnish cities, ushering a quiet revolution in street space distribution.

To get more cities to finally reform their outdated parking standards, we need to stop talking about “taking away” spots and focus on what we all stand to gain, like an accelerated path to ending climate change. That’s one of the findings of a new report from the Institute for Transportation Development and Policy, which examines the perennial question of how to build support for common-sense parking reforms.

The U.S. ban on Russian oil has sustainable transportation advocates urging leaders to take action before surging gas prices overwhelm American families — by giving them access to the active and sh…

The new recommendations also call for bike-share stations and more parking.

What if it functioned more like a bridge than a wall?

COMMENTARY | Cities and counties have numerous options to turn vacant stores and parking into spaces that can benefit everyone.

‘There’s a disconnect between our environmental values and how much land we devote to storing cars’

After nearly two years of dining and shopping in parking spaces outside of local businesses, Alexandria wants to start charging rent. City Council will review a staff proposal on Tuesday (March 8) to start charging annual rent to business owners for their use of parklets -- converted parking spac

Lancaster City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a proposal to increase the city’s on-street parking rates to $2.50 an hour, an increase of $1.

Azael Sepulveda is suing the city of Pasadena, Texas over its requirement that his autobody shop add 23 parking spaces he insists he doesn't need and can't afford.

Parking is about to get more expensive in Portland as the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) seeks to close its funding gap and disincentivize solo car trips. Transportation leaders and parking reform advocates say the cost is more reflective of the true cost of driving a car that has long been subsidized with city funds. “We’re working hard to develop pricing options and complementary strategies that support the climate, equity, and mobility outcomes that we...

Denver is growing fast. The population boom is creating a city with greater density, higher high-rise living, fewer places to park and more cars.