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Oakland's finance department has faced stiff resistance to its plan to take over parking enforcement — and move abandoned vehicle recovery to OPD.

The mayor's office only became aware of the contract two weeks ago when a constituent reached out, Deputy Chief of Staff Cristian Corza-Godinez said.

The new code allows for increased development in more areas of the city, making way for the thousands of units needed to meet demand over the next two decades.

A legendary UCLA professor, Donald Shoup left a brilliant, if odd, legacy: He taught America how to park.

Columbus City Council is expected to vote on a program that will expedite housing development on land owned by faith-based, educational and non-profit organizations.

I see every day how desperately people need more housing options, young families, seniors, and workers who want to live near their jobs.

With better planning Honolulu can become an active travel paradise. Replace car sewers with pedestrian promenades, and build urban villages where it is easy to get around without driving.

New L.A. ordinance makes it easier to convert office buildings to housing

Even where zoning allows multifamily housing, US building rules often treat apartments as a special danger — triggering costly requirements that shrink housing supply.

The Convenience of Proximity Families in the suburbs of Ottawa have been sold a specific kind of convenience for the last several generations. It’s a picture that promises that as long as you have a car in your garage and a parking lot at your destination, the world is your oyster. But anyone who has […]

There's plenty of focus on the price of 2026 World Cup match tickets, but simply driving to the stadium will come at significant cost, too

They are draining the economic potential of our cities. We need to make them financially unsustainable.

Conscious of reaching climate goals and strapped for space, some cities are reconsidering how much they dedicate to parking. Austria's capital, Vienna, is streets ahead.

I was recently in Durham, North Carolina. Along with my family, we ate outside three times – without trying. We simply walked to a restaurant and asked to sit outside. By contrast, when we got home to Salt Lake City, eating outside required Googling which restaurants even have patios, reservations, and often driving to a […]

A downtown parking lot once filled with cars is now slated for apartments as city leaders in Greenfield, Massachusetts, convert underused asphalt into much-needed housing. Officials say reducing parking mandates and loosening zoning rules is already helping attract developers and create new homes.

The proposal would rezone tens of thousands of properties, but it has a long way to go.

City expropriated land for transport corridors around future station

Penticton's previously free resident parking pass program will soon come with costs, as street spot shortfall leads to clandestine sales.

Quincy, Illinois, may reduce parking minimums, allow duplexes and update zoning rules to reduce the housing shortage and improve affordability.

Shovelling an on-street parking spot does not grant you legal rights to that space, says the Toronto Police Service.

Balancing life between Boston’s suburbs and the city has turned into a high stakes obstacle course: miss a train, hit traffic, forget one errand, and your day unravels.  We’re told to plan better, leave earlier, drive more. But the question shouldn’t be whether people should plan better. It’s whether Boston should. In a world governed…

Municipally owned companies are increasingly being used to deliver public services in Western Europe. Yet, their roles in governing sustainability tra…

The availability and price of residential parking are key determinants of car ownership and use. Residential parking reform can therefore significantl…

RTD could start charging for its park-and-ride lots.

See how VTA and DART are turning station-area land into housing, mobility hubs, and long-term economic value.

Ukrainian cities today operate in a dual logic: they respond to the consequences of the war and at the same time make up for decades of postponed decisions in urban development. Most spaces are still formed according to an outdated car-centric model - an excess of hard surfaces, parking "to the door", a shortage of shade and natural infrastructure. Such a structure is vulnerable to climate change and does not create conditions for comfortable living. Global trends are moving in the opposite direction: environmental design is becoming a tool for urban development. River restoration, nature-oriented solutions, tactical urbanism, green corridors - it is not only about ecology, but also about the formation of a competitive urban image. High-quality space increases the duration of people's stay and supports the local economy. In a column for PRAGMATIKA.MEDIA, Anna Kornilova, head of the landscape architecture department of the archimatika company, says that for Ukraine this is a chance to move from asphalt logic to an environment that works for the well-being of residents and at the same time takes into account global standards of urban sustainability, which we do not yet have at the level of mandatory norms. Next is the author's direct speech. - PRAGMATIKA.MEDIA - Ukraine, Kyiv

Survey by T2 Systems suggests two-thirds of US drivers spend 15 minutes looking for a space

Lessons from YIMBYism examines how supply-side reforms, public investment, and state capacity can make progressive social policy work as intended.